AN intimate knowledge of anatomy is the basis of any type of surgery. This statement is also
valid, of course, in nasal surgery. The aim of nasal surgery, as it is performed by the …

THE bony vault of the nose contributes a great deal to the appearance as well as to the
function of the nose. Since the bony hump is the feature of the nose most often complained …

THE PURPOSE of this paper is to discuss the interrelationship of septal and external nasal
malformations and the rationale of rhinoplastic reconstruction. Although an extensive …

Because rhinoplasty concerns the surgery of the external nasal pyramid and the septum is
its central supporting strut, every rhinoplasty must take the supporting role of the septum into …

SURGERY to modify the nasal tip has stimulated more imagination than any other aspect of
nasal surgery. A multitude of techniques have been described. Some aspects of tip surgery …

• Anatomic studies of the nose were done in 60 cadavers, both fresh and embalmed,
allowing correlation of surgical anatomy and operative techniques. All septorhinoplasties …

As a generalization, the history of nasal surgery can be divided roughly into three periods.
The first to be considered is the recent period of the past 50 or 60 years, during which time …

" As goes the septum, so goes the nose." This truism is well known to rhinologic surgeons,
and the fact that straightening the twisted nose is usually a topic in any general rhinoplasty …

At the dawn of rhinosurgery, the otolaryngologist operated on the nasal septum while a
plastic surgeon handled treatment of the" noble" portion of the nose, ie the nasal pyramid …