title: A functional and aesthetic solution for saddle nose deformity: the use of the inferior turbinate bone.
abstract: The use of a new autologous material, the inferior turbinate bone, for nasal augmentation is presented together with surgical treatment of a 24-year-old male patient with moderately severe saddle nose deformity. In the postoperative period, no complications were observed. Photographs and three-dimensional computed tomography views obtained 13 months after the operation showed that the reconstruction area was highly free of postoperative resorption. The patient's complaints disappeared, and he was satisfied with functional and cosmetic results. Moreover, a histologic evaluation which was made to assess the depth of the glandular component showed that the inferior turbinate bone could be used over the nasal dorsum in a smoother shape, retaining its overlying soft tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of Inönü University, Malatya, Turkey. ozturan@inonu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozturan
authors.forename: Tamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Murat Cem
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Miman
authors.forename: Rezzan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Erguvan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation