Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

New plastic and reconstructive surgery study findings have been reported by R.P. Gruber and colleagues

Published in Medical Device Business Week, June 24th, 2009

According to a study from the United States, "The broad nasal base is occasionally not correctable by excisional procedures alone because nostril distortion or stenosis may result (if resection enters the vestibule). Moreover, recurrence is a common problem when alar mobilization and suture approximation techniques are used."

"The authors developed an algorithm for nasal base reduction to prevent these complications. A new classification of the broad nasal base was utilized that included patients with general nasal base enlargement and patients with a vertically oriented alar axis (traditionally difficult to correct without distortion). Both groups received an alar...

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Source: Medical Device Business Week (2009-06-24)

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