作者
Renato da Silva Freitas, Nivaldo Alonso, Thais de Freitas Azzolini, Luciano Busato, André Ricardo Dall'Oglio Tolazzi, Gilvani Azor de Oliveira e Cruz, Dov Goldenberg
发表日期
2010/1/1
期刊
Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery
卷号
63
期号
1
页码范围
15-21
出版商
Churchill Livingstone
简介
Absence of half-nose is an extremely rare congenital malformation, which has a devastating impact on the patient and the family. A review of indexed English-language literature found 91 cases of half-nose, including 50 patients with proboscis lateralis. Pathogenesis is not clear, and the reported cases have sporadically occurred. Many aspects must be considered when reconstructing a congenital half-nose, such as timing of surgery, type of tissue to be used and the need to reconstruct nasal airway. The aim of this article is to present personal experience in seven cases of half-nose reconstruction, in order to review the literature regarding to this rare entity, highlighting aspects of incidence, pathogenesis and surgical treatment. Nasal reconstruction was performed at ages of 5–7 years to minimise psychological trauma. Forehead skin demonstrated to be an excellent donor site to re-surface the nose. For the inner …
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