2008/10/24 by Helmut Fischer, Wolfgang Gubisch · 18 citations
Medicine · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques #Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies #Cleft Lip and Palate Research #Nose #Reconstructive surgery #Plastic surgery #Medicine #Face (sociological concept) #Reconstructive Surgeon #Head and neck #Facial reconstruction #Orthodontics #Surgery #Computer science #Sociology
paper · open access · doi:10.3238/arztebl.2008.0741
published in Deutsches Ärzteblatt international 105(43), 741-6 (Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag)
openalex publication_date 2008/10/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
INTRODUCTION: Surgeons from a number of different specialties are now more commonly performing nasal reconstruction procedures to repair deformities resulting from trauma or tumor resection. Whenever a nasal reconstruction is performed, it is very important that the currently well-established plastic surgical techniques in this area should be correctly applied. METHODS: Overview of the surgical techniques for nasal reconstruction applied to typical nasal defects, on the basis of a selective review of the literature. RESULTS: Any of the structurally important layers of the nose (skin, cartilaginous framework, inner lining) that are missing must be reconstructed. The current techniques follow the principle of esthetic reconstruction. Thorough patient counseling enables the patient to cope with temporally protracted treatment, to withstand the associated social and psychological stress, and to decide whether to undergo an autologous reconstruction or a prosthetic replacement. DISCUSSION: The operating surgeon must have a great deal of experience in nasal reconstruction. The surgeon must, therefore, be a specialist with a particular emphasis in this area.