We present here the case of a patient with a major traumatic nasal loses who had a near-total nasal reconstruction as a single-stage procedure. A 35 year-old civil servant who was involved in a road traffic injury about two years before presentation. He sustained extensive and multiple facial injuries with complete loss of nasal cover and lining. Reconstruction was performed by using superiorly...

OBJECTIVE To address whether speakers with cleft palate exhibit velopharyngeal mechanism fatigue and are more susceptible to muscle fatigue than are speakers without cleft palate. METHODS Six adults with repaired palatal clefts and mild-moderate hypernasality served as subjects. Velopharyngeal closure force and levator veli palatini muscle activity were recorded. Subjects were asked to repeat...

Over the nasal bones and lateral cartilages the skin is thin and fairly freely movable. The skin is much thicker, contains more glands, and is firmly adherent over the alar cartilages. The blood supply is mainly in the soft tissues. The dissection should lie in planes of cleavage whereby vessels are avoided and bleeding is minimized. The bony nose consists of paired nasal bones which are thin i...

LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. List five principles that guide synchronous repair of bilateral complete cleft lip and nasal deformity. 2. Explain how different growth rates for the principal nasolabial features are applied during primary repair. 3. Describe two approaches for positioning the alar cartilages to form the columella. 4. Discus...

We digitized the outline of the nasal cavity from images obtained after applying contrast material to the nose. A computer-aided simulation of flow was undertaken in the sagittal plane in the anterior nasal cavity. Previous work on the nasal valve was reviewed. Our results showed that the nasal valve is an oblique structure bounded laterally by the caudal end of the upper lateral cartilage, med...

Objective: to analyze the results of using various methods plastic closure bone defects anterior cranial fossa (ACF) floor when removing craniofacial tumors ACF depending on size defect. Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis treatment outcomes 122 patients with was carried out. According nature lesions malignant were detected in 98 (80.3%) patients, benign ones 24 (19.7%) patients. Th...

BACKGROUND We aimed to present our experience with and algorithm for septal perforation repair using advancement and rotation flaps. METHODS A retrospective chart review was performed on 14 patients who underwent septal perforation repair. Etiology, perforation size, presenting symptoms, reconstruction methods, combined operation, surgical results, and complications were evaluated. RESULTS ...

The paper describes the main phonetic characteristics (acoustic, aerodynamic and articulatory) of Kinyarwanda prenasalized stops, focussing on voiceless consonants. We conclude from instrumental observations that the phonetic description of these sounds should be redefined. Consonants previously described as voiceless prenasalized stops in Rwanda are in fact whispery voiced nasal stops. Finally...