title: [Plastic surgery treatment of a nose tip amputation in an Eleven-Cities marathon skater].
abstract: A 41-year-old male participant of the 200 km Eleven Cities ice skating marathon in 1997 lost a large part of his nose tip as a result of hitting a bridge. Avascular replantation of the amputated nose tip combined with ice water cooling for three days did not result in revascularisation. Subsequently the entire nose tip was reconstructed by means of a paramedian forehead flap. This reconstruction was performed in three stages and had a good aesthetic result.
authors.affiliation: Afd. Plastische Chirurgie, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van der Lei
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Marck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D012861:Skating / Q000293:injuries*