title: Surgical repair of atresia of nasal passages.
abstract: Surgical correction of nasal atresia following healing of smallpox lesions in a 15-year-old girl is presented. The surgical technique used was complete excision of the scars and resurfacing of the resulting wound with grafts of full-thickness retroauricular skin. Particular attention was paid to prevention of postoperative contracture.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D012899:Smallpox / Q000150:complications