BACKGROUND Acquired nasal stenosis poses a reconstructive challenge for the facial plastic surgeon. Many surgical options are available, ranging from primary closure to skin grafts to free flap reconstruction for complex defects. The free auricular composite graft is a single-stage procedure that can be used to repair nasal vestibular stenosis causing nasal obstruction. CASE REPORT We present...

INTRODUCTION Reconstruction of nose defects after tumor resection, trauma or infection disease is imperative for full patient rehabilitation. For satisfying esthetic and functional results achievement, it is necessary to use surrounding skin with similar semblance, which precisely restores and imitates missing part with its outlines. MATERIAL AND METHODS This paper represents management of th...

Reflex-mediated bronchoconstriction in cold climates may be more important than it has previously been thought. This issue has seldom been studied using physiological methods. We wanted to investigate, using physiological methods, what triggers the bronchoconstriction occurring at cold ambient temperature during resting nasal ventilation: cooling of the skin of the face or cooling of the nasal ...

PURPOSE Purpose of this study is to assess different surgical techniques, comparing them in order to remove nasal skin cancer by restoring the anatomy and the function of the respiratory system without neglecting the aesthetic result. METHODS A total of 107 patients were enrolled in the study between January 2006 and December 2012. We compared the results obtained using 23 front-glabellar fla...

Methods Nasal secretions from 12 patients with AR to grass pollen and 12 healthy controls were collected. Two preweighed filter discs were placed bilaterally under direct visualization on the anterior third of the nasal septum. Five minutes later, they were removed and weighted again. After adding 2 ml 0,9% NaCl solution to the discs and centrifugation, the nasal secretions were stored in aliqu...

Techniques of molecular biology have been used to determine the relationship of cellular oncogenes to mechanisms of experimental carcinogenesis. Model systems involving three direct-acting alkylating carcinogens, two organ sites, and two species have been employed to elucidate the relationships between carcinogenic etiology, tissue specificity, and activation of known and novel oncogenes. Dimet...