title: Aesthetic aspects in reconstructive surgery of the nose.
abstract: Using several cases that demonstrate partial or total reconstruction of the nose, the author discusses the necessity of not only a complete functional but an aesthetically acceptable end result of the surgery. Sophisticated surgical refinements of the complex anatomic structures of the nasal tip alae and columella are strongly emphasized, with a first-time description of a newly devised forehead compound island flap for nasal reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Centre de chirurgie plastique, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps