BACKGROUND Disorders of the palatal uvula is one of the least highlighted areas of medical literature, inspite the fact that uvula is a key organ in functions like speech, deglutition and mastication. The aim of this paper is to present a series of cases of wide range of uvular deformities ranging from bifid uvula to absence of uvula.

Fifty seven leprosy patients having moderately collapsed nose were taken for nasal reconstruction. The bone graft was obtained from the second metatarsal of the foot. It was corticoperiosteal and placed in between lining and the nasal skin. 48 patients were reviewed periodically at 3 months, initially for 2 years and irregular visits at 3 to 5 year intervals in last 25 years. The nasal architec...

A one-stage procedure to reconstruct complete and incomplete unilateral/bilateral cleft lip and nose deformities is presented. Emphasis was made on closure of the lip muscles, correction of the nostril floor, correction of the alveolar cleft as well as reconstruction of the nose through an intranasal approach, with a supported suture technique for nasal correction. No dental or orthodontic trea...

Objective: Nose deformity, including nasal deviation, is conspicuous since it locates in central face area. Regarding this and its prevention, septum one of the important supporting structures. Understand bending tolerance cartilaginous not only helps mitigate secondary deformity from surgical intervention, but also provides baseline information for further study regarding septum.Materials Meth...

<p class="abstract">Reconstitution of the facial profile can be achieved in a depressed‘midface “, by supplementation nasal osteo-cartilagious skeleton utilizing autologous tissue or synthetic prosthesis, Bone from iliac crest and cartilages septum, cymba conchal rib are accepted grafts wide use. The costo-chondral junctional cartilage is ideal situations demanding excess graft, then harv...

Nasal reconstruction requires a good aesthetic outcome because the nose is located in the centre of the face. Two problems commonly occur after reconstruction of the nose: abnormal appearance of the new nose, and nasal airway obstruction. The nasal dorsum should be treated as a separate unit. Several local flaps have been described for reconstruction of tissue defects on the dorsum of the nose....

The nose, the most prominent aesthetic feature in the facial profile, is a three-dimensional, intricate trapezoid solid, encompassing the external bony and cartilaginous vault with an overlying skin cover and internal cavities. Through their intricate structural interdependency, these topographic features contribute both to form and function. Given its central location in the midface, the nose ...

INTRODUCTION Labial and nasal deformities have always been a fundamental problem in the treatment of cleft lip, alveolus and palate patients. The primary surgical treatment of nasolabial area is of paramount importance in order to obtain both an esthetical correction of the deformity and a progressive and a balanced development of mid-face. In this study the nasal deformities in patients with c...

Objective: Secondary correction of cleft lip-nose presents a formidable challenge in cleft lip and palate surgery. Although numerous approaches have been proposed, suitable graft materials cannot be obtained from any part of body or the artificial biomaterials. We have established implant-type tissue-engineered cartilage using a porous scaffold comprised of poly L-lactic acid. The aim of this s...