BACKGROUND: The Rieger's flap was first described by its eponym, in 1967, as a good option for coverage of dorsal nasal soft-tissue defects. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate aesthetic results and patient satisfaction after nasal reconstruction with Rieger's flap. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 10 patients who underwent the procedure in 2009. We evaluated the aesthetic results using photographic analysis and satisfaction score according to the patients' complaints. RESULTS: The mean age was 67 years old. A total of 7 men and 3 women underwent the procedure in 2009. The overall photographic aesthetic result score was 8.9; the overall satisfaction score was 9.0. CONCLUSION: The Rieger's flap is a good option for coverage of defects of the medium/distal nasal dorsum that are less than 2.0 cm in diameter. When performed on selected patients, the Rieger's flap is an aesthetically predictable one-stage procedure.
Surgical flaps; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures; Nose Neoplasms
