Failure of Nasal Defect Closures Following the Use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Authors

Yelena Dokic
Emily Powell
John Kohorst
Ikue Shimizu

Publication Date

3-1-2023

Journal

Cureus

DOI

10.7759/cureus.36084

PMID

37065341

PMCID

PMC10095598

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

3-13-2023

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Published Open-Access

yes

Keywords

mohs micrographic surgery, wound dehiscence, flap necrosis, mohs surgery, continuous positive airway pressure (cpap)

Abstract

In this paper, we report a case series of three patients who developed nasal tip necrosis following Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS), complicated by the concomitant use of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine for sleep apnea.