Surgical correction of burn deformities of the nose.
We present a method for reconstruction of the everted nostrils of the burned nose. Through a "ram's horn" incision, the everted vestibular lining and lower lateral cartilages are mobilized and repositioned, and the resultant defect is covered with a full-thickness skin graft. The linear scar is created as part of a circle, so that the postoperative contracture will improve the alar contour.
D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous