Reconstructive Nasal Surgery Research Articles

Use of silicone-rubber in nasal reconstructive surgery.

IN MANY INSTANCES tissue loss can only be satisfactorily corrected by introducing new material in the form of implants or grafts to the defective site. Organic and artificial implants have been used in medicine for several decades with varying degrees of success. Autografts, homografts, and heterografts have not been uniformly successful because of problems associated with absorption and host response; while artificial substances either produce unwanted tissue reactions or are difficult to use. When silicones were introduced into medicine in 1950, they were considered to be the most promising material so far developed as they apparently produced no tissue reaction, repelled water, blood, and most organic tissue and were available in forms that permitted their use in a variety of sites. Many articles describing their use have appeared; most of these reported highly satisfactory results, but, as with all new techniques, experience must modify our initial enthusiasm. Silicone-rubber implants are

THE USE OF “BOPLANT” (SQUIBB PROCESSED BONE) IN NASAL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Medical Journal of AustraliaVolume 1, Issue 20 p. 740-740 Correspondence THE USE OF “BOPLANT” (SQUIBB PROCESSED BONE) IN NASAL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY First published: 01 May 1965 https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1965.tb72159.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume1, Issue20May 1965Pages 740-740 RelatedInformation

SILICONE RUBBER IMPLANTS IN NASAL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.

SILICONE RUBBER IMPLANTS IN NASAL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.

Calibrated Weir operation.

The introduction of the Weir operation, which is simply a procedure calculated to reduce the width of the nostrils, has been a great boon in many cases toward the enhancement of the final nasal aesthetic result in nasal plastic surgery. However, since this technique is performed without any mechanical measurements and the surgeon relies exclusively on visual or empirical calculations, it has often produced nostril asymmetries. As a result of these nostril asymmetries, it is easily understandable why many skilled surgeons have abandoned the technique of the simple Weir operation. And, as a consequence, some patients consult other surgeons regarding the correction of their wide nostrils, since they are quite unhappy with the flairiness. They state that they had been informed that the reduction of the width of the nares was unnecessary and sometimes dangerous due to the possibility of a final result presenting nostrils of unequal size. In the

Nasal Plastic Surgery and the General Practitioner

Nasal Plastic Surgery and the General Practitioner

CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASTIC SURGERY DURING 1946

THREE articles among the numerous contributions on nasal plastic surgery in 1946 are of special importance: Brown and Cannon's review of operations in which composite grafts of skin and cartilage were used in the reconstruction of defects of the ala, Straith's presentation of the Z plastic procedure for elongating the columella, and Dupertuis' original contribution in which he describes how he successfully used composite grafts of skin and fat taken from ear lobes in the reconstruction of defects of the nasal tip and ala. Increasing evidence was presented indicating that the plastic surgeon should use autogenous cartilage and bone grafts whenever possible in preference to preserved cartilage, which is inferior grafting material. Experimental work with young human cartilage demonstrated growth of this cartilage following transplantation. Plastic surgeons are avoiding the use of living maternal ear cartilage and maternal rib cartilage for the reconstruction of a complete auricle. Cadaver cartilage is

EFFECT OF A TYPICAL NASAL PLASTIC CORRECTION ON FACIAL EXPRESSION

IT WAS Joseph 1 who first described the surprising alteration of facial expression after treatment according to the principles of nasal plastic surgery. He depicted the subjects of plastic surgery dancing in a happy mood, and it was his belief that the newly acquired state of satisfaction was mainly psychologic, due to the absence of the previous nasal disfigurement. Some of my patients who were treated by nasal plastic surgery without anything else showed such a remarkable spontaneous improvement in their entire countenance that the question could be asked whether this change of facial expression was actually caused only by psychologic uplift. Or is it possible that nasal surgery alone can effect indirectly changes of facial expression? To answer this question, I undertook the following study. Figure 1 shows the same patient before and after nasal repair. The second picture was taken seven weeks after the first. The preoperative diagnosis was:

Some problems in nasal plastic surgery

Some problems in nasal plastic surgery

DENTAL MOLDING COMPOUND CAST AND ADHESIVE STRAPPING IN RHINOPLASTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE

Joseph of Berlin, father of modern nasal plastic surgery, did not use a cast after rhinoplastic operations. In fact, he was in the habit of dressing the nose with but a few thin pads of gauze gently kept in place with adhesive tapes. In order to protect the undermined and traumatized skin from necrosis through pressure, he insisted on the dressing's being lightwie ein Hauch(as a breath). For a number of years I employed this technic with satisfaction. There was one circumstance, though, which made me consider the application of pressure, namely, occasional hematoma formation beneath the undermined skin. Usually the hematoma was absorbed without ill effect. Sometimes, however, it proved to be a hotbed of infection. The nasal cavities can never be rendered completely aseptic, and disintegrating blood is a good culture medium for infection. In an effort to eliminate this hazard, the only solution was found

Submucous resection in relation to nasal plastic surgery

Submucous resection in relation to nasal plastic surgery

Notes on Nasal Plastic Surgery

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The importance of nasal plastic surgery

The importance of nasal plastic surgery