Nasal closure should be offered to patients with moderate to severe epistaxis secondary to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia that has proved unresponsive to other treatment.

The SF-36 reflects the reduced health status of patients with epistaxis due to HHT. Changes in the SF-36 score could be used as an outcome measure in assessing efficacy of treatment of this condition.

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We repo rt our experience with a patient who developed an ulcer within afreeflap 2 month sf ollowing resection ofan oral squamous cell carci noma. We discuss this clini cal problem and the issues it raised, with parti cula r attention to early tumo r recurrence and the restoration ofsensation in free-fla p reconstructions.