OBJECTIVE To describe a technique for creation of a split calvarial bone L-shaped strut that provides dorsal support while increasing tip projection in patients with substantial septal saddle nose deformities from various underlying inflammatory conditions and surgical resection. METHODS Case series and review of the literature. RESULTS Fifteen patients underwent nasal reconstruction at our...

Nasal bone fractures are often accompanied by septal fractures or deformity. Posttraumatic nasal deformity is usually caused by septal fractures. Submucosal resection and septoplasty are commonly used surgical techniques for the correction of septal deviation. However, septal perforation or saddle nose deformity is a known complication of submucosal resection. Hence, we chose to perform septopl...

Dorsal nasal augmentation is commonly performed for various aesthetic deficiencies and/or reconstructive defects such as the saddle nose deformity. However, the optimal technique for volume augmentation has yet to be identified. The senior author (F.P.) has since developed a new modified technique using wrapped diced cartilage within an AlloDerm. This novel construct provides the plastic surgeo...

The Relapsing Polychondritis (RP) is an uncommon systemic disease of unknown aetiology, probably due to an autoimmune process that destroys cartilaginous tissues because of a recurring inflammatory lesion. Deformities in the nasoseptal structure as the “nose in saddle” result in functional and aesthetic damage. The present study describes a case of a 53-yearold woman with the main diagnostic hy...

BACKGROUND Orbital involvement in Wegener's Granulomatosis (WG) is rare and has an overall good prognosis. CASE A 60-year-old hypertensive Indian female presented with vision loss and painful proptosis of left eye. Orbital incisional biopsy suggested necrotising small vessel inflammation. The saddle nose deformity and pedal nodulo- ulcerative lesions further consolidated the diagnosis of Wege...

BACKGROUND Although various techniques have been described for correction of crooked and saddle nose deformities, these problems are challenging with high recurrence and revision rates. Conventional septal surgery may not be adequate for nose reconstruction in crooked and saddle nose deformities. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between December 2005 and October 2009, six patients with crooked nose and ...

objective:in this study, we assess long-term effects of vertical dome division (v.d.d) and suture techniques in patients with bulbous nose deformity and then compare the efficiency of these methods. material and methods: in this study 70 patients with bulbous nose deformity were divided into two equal groups of a and b in which group a with suture (transdomal and interdomal) technique and grou...