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Med Sci Law 2020 Jun 5:25802420926867. Epub 2020 Jun 5.

Faculty of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Australia.

is a traditional Indonesian treatment involving abrading the skin over various parts of the body with a blunt object such as a coin or a piece of ginger which may create suspicious injuries. Here, the case of a 30-year-old woman who had undergone therapy is reported. She was complaining of retro-sternal pain and epigastric discomfort and subsequently became markedly short of breath and died. Read More

Heliyon 2020 May 27;6(5):e03977. Epub 2020 May 27.

IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino Pulejo", Messina, Italy.

Maxillary sinusitis can represent a rare complication of dental implants of endodontic materials impinging in the maxillary sinuses. The effects of anatomical variants of paranasal sinuses on pathophysiological and clinical manifestations of dental sinusitis are poorly understood. Herein, we present a case of dislocation of a dental implant in the ethmoidal sinus in a 63-years old man with bilateral accessory maxillary orifice. Read More

Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2020 Jun 1. Epub 2020 Jun 1.

Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan.

The morphology of the tetrapod nasal cavity has adapted to the environment in terms of olfaction and respiration. Reports indicate that the internal structure of the nasal cavity of green sea turtles is more complex than that of turtles in general, but whether or not it is similar among sea turtle species remains unknown. The present study aimed to define the internal structures of the nasal cavity of green (Chelonian mydas), loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles using computed tomography. Read More

Ear Nose Throat J 2020 May 29:145561320929169. Epub 2020 May 29.

COVID-19 Task Force of the Young-Otolaryngologists of the International Federations of Oto-rhino-laryngological Societies (YO-IFOS), Paris, France.

Objective: To investigate the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status of patients with initial sudden olfactory anosmia (ISOA) through nasopharyngeal swabs for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis and to explore their olfactory dysfunctions with psychophysical olfactory evaluation.

Methods: A total of 78 ISOA patients were recruited from April 6, 2020, to April 10, 2020, through a public call of University of Mons (Mons, Belgium). Patients benefited from nasopharyngeal swabs and fulfilled the patient-reported outcome questionnaire. Read More

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2020 May 1;21(5):1481-1485. Epub 2020 May 1.

Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Background: Nasopharyngeal cancer is endemic to Southeast Asia. However, there is limited clinical evidence of nasopharyngeal cancer in Indonesia, which has the largest population in Southeast Asia.

Methods: Patterns of care and treatment outcomes in 428 patients with newly-diagnosed and pathologically-confirmed nasopharyngeal cancer were retrospectively analyzed. Read More

Clin Teach 2020 May 27. Epub 2020 May 27.

Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.

Clin Imaging 2020 Apr 20;66:42-53. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

Department of Radio-diagnosis, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

Ear malformations represent 50% of ear, nose and throat malformations. Ear malformations cause conductive hearing loss (CHL) and/or sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) with a significant childhood disability worldwide. Early accurate diagnosis and treatment are mandatory to enhance language and speech development. Read More

Tohoku J Exp Med 2020 05;251(1):27-30

Laboratory of Health and Sports Science, Division of Biomedical Engineering for Health and Welfare, Tohoku University Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering.

The number of patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly increased, although the WHO declared a pandemic. However, drugs that function against SARS-CoV-2 have not been established. SARS-CoV-2 has been suggested to bind angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, the receptor of the SARS coronavirus. Read More

Ear Nose Throat J 2020 May 22:145561320926281. Epub 2020 May 22.

Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Introduction: Sialolithiasis is the most common cause of symptomatic obstructive sialadenitis. Sialendoscopy represent a minimally invasive technique that has evolved significantly in the last 2 decades, with high success rates in managing sialolithiasis and allowing gland preservation. Lithotripsy assisted or not by laser represents the fragmentation of stone or lithiasis within the salivary duct followed immediately by removal of the fragmented pieces. Read More

Ear Nose Throat J 2020 May 21:145561320925191. Epub 2020 May 21.

Department of Human Anatomy and Experimental Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, UMONS Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, University of Mons (UMons), Mons, Belgium.

Based on observations described in our letter, we can draw the following conclusions: (1) anosmia must imperatively be added to the list of specific symptoms of COVID-19 infection, (2) anosmia can serve as a free and specific diagnostic tool for developing countries currently affected by the pandemic, (3) the mechanisms of COVID-19 anosmia seem not to directly involve nasal obstruction but rather seem to be related to damage the olfactory neuroepithelium. Read More

Open Access Emerg Med 2020 30;12:111-119. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Department of Rehabilitation, Wenzhou Medical University Second Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325027, People's Republic of China.

Traditional Chinese medicine has usually been recognized to be efficacious to treat chronic diseases from the western point-of-view. However, there is a long history in China of applying traditional Chinese medicine in many acute and urgent medical conditions. In this review, selected methods documented in traditional Chinese medicine including blowing air to ear, nose insufflating therapy, acupuncture and moxibustion were presented as the common practices to promote consciousness recovery from coma. Read More

Clin Anat 2020 May 19. Epub 2020 May 19.

Department of Biological Sciences, West Liberty University, West Virginia, USA.

Ear Nose Throat J 2020 May 19:145561320925964. Epub 2020 May 19.

HNO-Zentrum Rhein-Neckar, Mannheim, Germany.

Background: Rhinoplasty is one of the most popular procedures in facial plastic surgery. It is a technically demanding surgery with a long learning curve. The outcome may be very beneficial to the function of the nasal breathing as well as the patient's social life but harbors many pitfalls and sequelae from minor to devastating. Read More

J Aerosol Med Pulm Drug Deliv 2020 May 18. Epub 2020 May 18.

School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Targeting drugs to the olfactory region in the nasal cavity can bypass the restrictive bloodbrain barrier and enhance their direct delivery to the brain. However, complex nasal geometry and its demographical variations can pose challenges for targeted drug deposition in the olfactory region. Deposition of particles in the nasal cavity is influenced by particle size, airflow rate, and nasal geometry. Read More

Heliyon 2020 May 7;6(5):e03937. Epub 2020 May 7.

Department of Hygiene and Medical Ecology, Belarusian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Minsk, Belarus.

This article reports two patients with stylohyoid complex syndrome. Cone beam computed tomography examination of the 37-year-old Caucasian woman with hemifacial pain, radiating to the left ear which intensified in response to opening the mouth revealed the ossified distal part of the left stylohyoid ligament, 23.85 mm long, which had a contact with the lesser horn of the hyoid. Read More

Cell 2020 05 27;181(5):1016-1035.e19. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Program in Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Electronic address:

There is pressing urgency to understand the pathogenesis of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus clade 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the disease COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein binds angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), and in concert with host proteases, principally transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2), promotes cellular entry. The cell subsets targeted by SARS-CoV-2 in host tissues and the factors that regulate ACE2 expression remain unknown. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2020 May 13;13(5). Epub 2020 May 13.

Department of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

COVID-19 is the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which first arose in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since been declared a pandemic. The clinical sequelae vary from mild, self-limiting upper respiratory infection symptoms to severe respiratory distress, acute cardiopulmonary arrest and death. Otolaryngologists around the globe have reported a significant number of mild or otherwise asymptomatic patients with COVID-19 presenting with olfactory dysfunction. Read More

Ear Nose Throat J 2020 May 13:145561320925572. Epub 2020 May 13.

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Introduction: The basis of dorsal preservation rhinoplasty goes back to the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. In that era, pioneers such as Drs. Goodale, Lothrop, and Cottle were prominent surgeons who reported on this technique. Read More

Compend Contin Educ Dent 2020 May;41(5):278-283

President, Dental Implant Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada; Fellow and Diplomate, International Congress of Oral Implantologists.

Inadequate alveolar bone height/volume and sinus anatomy can complicate the predictable placement of conventional implants and subsequent restoration in posterior maxillary sites. A variety of sinus lift and vertical bone height augmentation materials and techniques have been utilized for this purpose; however, generally they are clinically challenging, demand well-trained surgical proficiency, and require the use of multiple armamentaria. Simultaneously, clinicians must meticulously handle the sinus membrane to achieve elevation without perforation, attain successful bone grafting, and ensure predictable implant osseointegration. Read More

Clin Otolaryngol 2020 May 4. Epub 2020 May 4.

Laboratory for Anthropology, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between side asymmetry in nasal resistance (NR) and severity of the nasal airway obstruction (NAO) in patients with different types of nasal septal deformity (NSD).

Design: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) study.

Setting: The study was conducted in a tertiary medical centre. Read More

Radiographics 2020 May-Jun;40(3):775-790

From the Department of Imaging, University College London Hospitals, London, England (T.B., S.M.); Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, 330 Gray's Inn Road, Kings Cross, London WC1X 8DA, England (V.M.T.); and Serviço de Radiologia, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal (M.H.).

Although US is one of the most used modalities for head and neck imaging, its use in the diagnosis of laryngeal abnormalities is much less widespread. The standard assessment of laryngeal abnormalities currently involves direct laryngoscopy and cross-sectional imaging (either CT or MRI) but rarely US. US is readily available, noninvasive, and radiation free, and it allows real-time imaging (with video for dynamic assessment), higher resolution than that of cross-sectional imaging, and the performance of targeted fine needle aspiration cytology or biopsy. Read More

J Intern Med 2020 Apr 30. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Department of Human Anatomy and Experimental Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, UMONS Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, University of Mons (UMons), Mons, Belgium.

Background: The clinical presentation of European patients with mild-to-moderate Covid-19 infection is still unknown.

Objective: To study the clinical presentation of Covid-19 in Europe.

Methods: Patients with positive diagnosis of Covid-19 were recruited from 18 European hospitals. Read More

ACS Chem Neurosci 2020 05 22;11(9):1206-1209. Epub 2020 Apr 22.

Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, NH 65, Surpura Bypass Road, Karwar, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342037, India.

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which was identified after a recent outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, has kept the whole world in tenterhooks due to its severe life-threatening nature of the infection. The virus is unlike its previous counterparts, SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, or anything the world has encountered before both in terms of virulence and severity of the infection. If scientific reports relevant to the SARS-CoV-2 virus are noted, it can be seen that the virus owes much of its killer properties to its unique structure that has a stronger binding affinity with the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) protein, which the viruses utilize as an entry point to gain accesses to its hosts. Read More

Science 2020 05 17;368(6494):1012-1015. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

Department of Viroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

The current pandemic coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was recently identified in patients with an acute respiratory syndrome, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To compare its pathogenesis with that of previously emerging coronaviruses, we inoculated cynomolgus macaques with SARS-CoV-2 or Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV and compared the pathology and virology with historical reports of SARS-CoV infections. In SARS-CoV-2-infected macaques, virus was excreted from nose and throat in the absence of clinical signs and detected in type I and II pneumocytes in foci of diffuse alveolar damage and in ciliated epithelial cells of nasal, bronchial, and bronchiolar mucosae. Read More

Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2020 Apr 27;24(2):e247-e252. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

Department of Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, United States.

 The endoscopic access has reduced the morbidity associated with external approaches in diseases of the maxillary sinus. A reversible endoscopic medial maxillectomy (REMM) is presented as an alternative for treatment of benign maxillary diseases.  To describe the REMM technique and report four cases of patients with benign maxillary sinus conditions treated through this approach. Read More

ACS Chem Neurosci 2020 05 13;11(9):1200-1203. Epub 2020 Apr 13.

L. Rydygier Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ul. CurieSklodowskiej 9, 85-94 Bydgoszcz, Poland.

The novel SARS-CoV-2 virus has very high infectivity, which allows it to spread rapidly around the world. Attempts at slowing the pandemic at this stage depend on the number and quality of diagnostic tests performed. We propose that the olfactory epithelium from the nasal cavity may be a more appropriate tissue for detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus at the earliest stages, prior to onset of symptoms or even in asymptomatic people, as compared to commonly used sputum or nasopharyngeal swabs. Read More

J Craniofac Surg 2020 Jun;31(4):1161-1165

Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Harran University, Şanliurfa, Turkey.

Purpose: The nasal and labial characteristics along with the other facial characteristics are different between races. The purpose of this study is to identify nasal and labial features of Turkish women by anthropometric measurements and indices besides to detect variances with aging.

Methods: The study was conducted with total 302 women volunteers whose ages were between 19 and 85. Read More

J Craniofac Surg 2020 Apr 7. Epub 2020 Apr 7.

Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul.

The aim of this study is to analyze the medical illustrations that appeared in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery (JCFS) during the last 3 years (2016-2018).All illustrations in 2676 articles from 24 issues were analyzed.In total, 363 articles (13. Read More

Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2020 Feb;40(1):19-25

ENT Division, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy.

Science 2020 04;368(6487)

Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY, 10027, USA.

Olfactory responses to single odors have been well characterized but in reality we are continually presented with complex mixtures of odors. We performed high-throughput analysis of single-cell responses to odor blends using Swept Confocally Aligned Planar Excitation (SCAPE) microscopy of intact mouse olfactory epithelium, imaging ~10,000 olfactory sensory neurons in parallel. In large numbers of responding cells, mixtures of odors did not elicit a simple sum of the responses to individual components of the blend. Read More

Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Tou Jing Wai Ke Za Zhi 2020 Mar;55(3):209-216

Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.

To investigate the effect of nasal septum perforation (SP) with different locations and sizes on nasal airflow by means of numerical simulation. Two healthy persons with normal nasal anatomy were enrolled in this study, including a 45 years old male (case 1) and a 36 years old female (case 2). Nasal CT data was used as the basis to create nasal airway numerical models of nasal SP with different locations (anterior caudal, central caudal, posterior caudal and anterior cranial) and sizes (diameter of 10 mm and 5 mm respectively). Read More

Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020 Apr;55(4):249-252

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology & Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China.

To evaluate the changes of nasalance when cleft palate patients examined using nasometer and nasopharyngeal fiberscopy simultaneously. A total of 33 cleft palate patients from August 2004 to August 2010 were examined by nasopharyngeal fiber endoscopy and nasometer simultaneously. The nasalance of 33 voice samples was compared under two situations only nasometer and nasometer with nasopharyngeal fiberscopy. Read More

Clin Anat 2020 Apr 6. Epub 2020 Apr 6.

Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Introduction: Communication in the biomedical sciences and clinical practice would be clearer if everyone used the same set of technical terms. Technical vocabularies, such as international standard terminologies, are attempts to avoid common linguistic problems, such as synonymy (many names for a single entity) and polysemy (many meanings for a single term).

Materials And Methods: Efforts made in human anatomical nomenclature since the late 19th century to deal with these issues were reviewed. Read More

EMBO J 2020 05 14;39(10):e105114. Epub 2020 Apr 14.

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic affecting the human respiratory system severely challenges public health and urgently demands for increasing our understanding of COVID-19 pathogenesis, especially host factors facilitating virus infection and replication. SARS-CoV-2 was reported to enter cells via binding to ACE2, followed by its priming by TMPRSS2. Here, we investigate ACE2 and TMPRSS2 expression levels and their distribution across cell types in lung tissue (twelve donors, 39,778 cells) and in cells derived from subsegmental bronchial branches (four donors, 17,521 cells) by single nuclei and single cell RNA sequencing, respectively. Read More

J Laryngol Otol 2020 Apr 3;134(4):323-327. Epub 2020 Apr 3.

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

Objective: The nasal septal swell body is a normal anatomical structure located in the superior nasal septum anterior to the middle turbinate. However, the impact of the septal swell body in nasal breathing during normal function and disease remains unclear. This study aimed to establish that the septal swell body varies in size over time and correlates this with the natural variation of the inferior turbinates. Read More

J Laryngol Otol 2020 Apr 2;134(4):332-337. Epub 2020 Apr 2.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Objective: To evaluate the colour values of nasal mucosa for the purpose of presenting an objective parameter of allergic rhinitis.

Methods: Seventy-three patients with allergic rhinitis (allergy group) and 73 normal healthy individuals (control group) were included in the study. Endoscopic examinations were conducted, and endoscopic photographs of the septum and both inferior turbinates were taken. Read More

J Laryngol Otol 2020 Apr 1;134(4):328-331. Epub 2020 Apr 1.

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Westmead Hospital, Australia.

Objective: Convolutional neural networks are a subclass of deep learning or artificial intelligence that are predominantly used for image analysis and classification. This proof-of-concept study attempts to train a convolutional neural network algorithm that can reliably determine if the middle turbinate is pneumatised (concha bullosa) on coronal sinus computed tomography images.

Method: Consecutive high-resolution computed tomography scans of the paranasal sinuses were retrospectively collected between January 2016 and December 2018 at a tertiary rhinology hospital in Australia. Read More

Int J Periodontics Restorative Dent 2020 May/Jun;40(3):e95-e102

Insufficient crestal bone is a common feature encountered in the edentulous posterior maxilla due to atrophy of the alveolar ridge and maxillary sinus pneumatization. Numerous surgical techniques, grafting materials, and timing protocols have been proposed for implant-supported rehabilitation of posterior maxillae with limited bone height. In the majority of potential implant sites, residual bone height is less than 8 mm and the clinician has to select either a lateral or transcrestal sinus-elevation technique or placing short implants as the correct surgical option. Read More

Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2019 Dec 15;7(24):4214-4219. Epub 2019 Oct 15.

Institute for Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Danang, Vietnam.

Background: Nowadays, there are few types of research held in Vietnam to investigate the anthropometric index of the nose as well as analysis the structure of nasal tip on ultrasound to identify the relationship between these parameters.

Aim: To determine the relationship between the height and the width of the nasal tip and the structures constructed these areas by anthropometric and ultrasound measurement.

Methods: A descriptive study in Thanh Van Hospital from December 2017 to April 2019. Read More

Dermatol Surg 2020 Mar 18. Epub 2020 Mar 18.

Departments of Oculoplastic Surger, and.

Background: Keratinocyte cancer (KC) patients benefit from early diagnosis. We describe here the anatomy of head/neck KCs to help guide screening efforts.

Objective: To examine lesion frequency and anatomic distribution of head and neck KC. Read More

Rev Iberoam Micol 2020 Mar 19. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Veterinary Mycology Group, Department of Animal Health and Anatomy, Veterinary School, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain. Electronic address:

Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2020 Jun 17;53(3):385-395. Epub 2020 Mar 17.

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 2233 Post Street, Box 1225, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA. Electronic address:

Assessment of the nose is critical in evaluating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) because the nose plays an important role in the physiology of sleep by regulating nasal airway resistance and stimulating ventilation. Nasal obstruction is common in sleep apnea, contributes to OSA, and interferes with tolerance of OSA treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or oral appliances. Medical treatment of nasal obstruction and rhinitis with nasal corticosteroid sprays is associated with improved OSA severity and sleep symptoms. Read More

Facial Plast Surg 2020 Feb 19;36(1):102-111. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California.

Rhinoplasty for cleft lip nasal deformities challenges all cleft surgeons. There is great variability of phenotypical anatomy, but iatrogenic changes and scarring from the previous surgeries add another layer of complexity. Rhinoplasties on a patient with cleft lip-palate are technically and intellectually challenging to master requiring a patient-tailored approach. Read More

Facial Plast Surg 2020 Feb 19;36(1):84-90. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.

As rates of Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) have risen over recent decades in the setting of increased incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer, so too has the need for post-Mohs reconstruction. The nose is one of the most common sites of post-MMS nasal reconstruction and presents unique challenges that often require expertise in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. In addition to the aesthetic importance of the nose, preserving nasal function and preventing nasal obstruction are paramount to successful nasal reconstruction. Read More

Facial Plast Surg 2020 Feb 19;36(1):57-65. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Penn Medicine Becker ENT, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

An ideal nasal osteotomy should deliver precise, predictable, and reproducible cosmetic and functional results while minimizing soft-tissue trauma and postoperative complications. In addition to closing an open roof deformity after hump reduction, other common indications for osteotomies include the crooked nose and a wide bony vault. The literature has reported numerous and diverse osteotomy techniques as well as differences in timing of osteotomies. Read More

Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2019 Dec 13;7(23):4036-4042. Epub 2019 Dec 13.

General Hospital "Remedika", Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

Background: The over projected nose, commonly referred to as the "Pinocchio" nose is a significant challenge to the rhinoplasty surgeon. Firstly, we speak about a very large nose, and secondly, we speak about the correction of nasal cartilages (alar and triangular). Surgical correction of the over projected nose is the most difficult and least predictable component of rhinoplasty surgery. Read More

Swiss Dent J 2020 Mar;130(3):216-228

Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Applied Oral Sciences and Community Dental Care, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Prince Philip Dental Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China

In this review about extraoral anatomy as depicted by cone beam computed tomography, the retromaxillary region is discussed. A medium-sized (6 x 6 cm) or large (≥ 8 x 8 cm) field of view of the maxilla will inevitably depict the retromaxillary region that can be considered a «transition» zone between the viscerocranium and the neurocranium. Major structures of the region include the sphenoid bone and the pterygopalatine fossae. Read More

JPRAS Open 2019 Jun 17;20:94-100. Epub 2019 Apr 17.

GLAD Plastic Surgery Clinic, 31 Dongsung-ro 5-gil, 3rd floor, Jung-gu, Daegu 41941, Republic of Korea.

Filler rhinoplasty is susceptible to spreading because of the way the nose protrudes away from the face. Often, the well-defined appearance immediately after the procedure is poorly maintained, and the nasion area develops a bulbous appearance. Therefore, I developed a "dual plane technique" to prevent spreading and to maintain the desired shape of the filler rhinoplasty. Read More

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2020 May 21;73(5):815-827. Epub 2020 Jan 21.

Department of Otolaryngology, Heartlands Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK.

The nasal columella is often described as being one of the most difficult nasal subunits to reconstruct. There are a wide range of indications for columella reconstruction, with defects resulting from ischaemic injuries, trauma, tumour resection, vascular malformations and congenital agenesis/dysgenesis of nasal anatomy. There is a variety of columella reconstruction techniques reported in the literature, giving reconstructive surgeons options when approaching different columella defects. Read More