title: Surgical correction of the unusually short nose.
abstract: We present a personal method for the surgical correction of the traumatic or iatrogenic short nose. The lengthening is achieved by an advancement of the muco perichondrial wall, a manoeuver whose result is stabilized by means of cartilage grafts.
authors.affiliation: University Medical Center, 1005, Lausanne, Avenue Rambert 15, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: U K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Kesselring