Introduction: Many techniques have been described to treat full thickness nasal defects. The authors introduce the bipaddle chimaeric forehead flap (BCFF), a new alternative technique to achieve simultaneous lining and cutaneous reconstruction in case of full thickness hemi-nasal defects, presenting surgical details and applications for its clinical use.

Patients And Methods: From June 2015 to April 2017, 10 patients presenting with oncological full thickness defects involving nasal sidewall and/or nasal ala were reconstructed with the BCFF technique. Mean age was 69.4 years. The chimaeric flap was composed of 2 paddles (cutaneous and periosteal), nourished by a single supratrochlear pedicle, which were used to independently reconstruct the deficient cutaneous and mucosal layers of the nose. Cartilage grafts were used in 8/10 patients.

Results: Mean surgical time was 114 minutes. An intermediate thinning operation was performed in 3 out of 10 patients. All the flaps survived with no partial necrosis or cartilage exposure observed. Viability and mucosalization of the periosteal paddle was documented both intra-operatively (during the 2nd stage of the operation) and postoperatively (with fiberoptic rhinoscopy performed 3 months after the procedure). Clinical follow-up period ranged from 4 to 24 months postoperatively. The final result was judged sufficient, good and excellent in 1, 5, and 4 cases, respectively.

Conclusions: The BCFF technique may be a new alternative approach to address full thickness hemi-nasal defects with no extra donor site morbidity, allowing primary placement of structural cartilage grafts and immediate definition of the nasal subunits to be reconstructed.

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