A nasal shaver for nasal surgery

Provision of a nasal field in nasal surgery is hampered by nasal hairs. We recommend the Remington NE4 nasal shaver as a quick, painless, safe, inexpensive method of nasal hair removal, providing a user-friendly surgical field.     

鼻再造术中衬里组织的修复方法

目的探讨鼻再造术中衬里组织的修复方法。方法根据局部组织条件,应用局部翻转皮瓣、口腔黏膜瓣、鼻唇沟皮瓣和预构皮瓣等方法,对24例鼻缺损患者的鼻衬里进行了修复,并转移额部皮瓣和移植自体肋软骨行鼻再造术。术后通过6-34个月的随访,以了解鼻腔衬里组织的情况,如挛缩、破溃等,评价各方法的疗效。结果本组17例采用局部翻转皮肤、瘢痕作为鼻腔衬里,1例采用口腔黏膜瓣,5例采用局部皮瓣,1例采用预构皮瓣重建衬里。再造鼻额部皮瓣及衬里皮瓣均存活,外形逼真,仅瘢痕瓣通气不良。结论在鼻再造术中,正确评估鼻部缺损范围、程度及鼻周残留组织量,选择适当的衬里修复手术方案,可收到良好的手术效果。预构皮瓣可以很好地修复复杂鼻缺损的衬里。     

Anterior nasal stenosis secondary to accessory nasal bones

Choanal atresia may result from a posterior or anterior obstruction of the airway. Treatment is predicated on an accurate identification of the underlying pathological condition by means of physical examination, fluoroscopy, and computed tomographic scan. Expeditious surgical management after appropriate diagnosis appears to result in effective relief of the obstruction.     

鼻背皮瓣修复鼻尖缺损的探讨

目的 探讨应用鼻背皮瓣修复鼻尖区组织缺损的方法和效果.方法 根据患者鼻缺损的部位及范围设计鼻背皮瓣,旋转前徙覆盖创面再造鼻尖,修复过程中注意保护各美学单元的完整性,利用天然皱褶掩盖瘢痕.结果 本组4例患者鼻背皮瓣均完全成活,术后随访1～4年,鼻外形良好,效果满意.结论 鼻背皮瓣对于鼻尖1.5～2.5cm的缺损能够提供色泽、质地匹配的修复.     

鼻背缩窄截骨术的研究进展

随着人们对美容的要求越来越高,临床整形外科学对外鼻的整形术在逐年增加,外鼻的解剖学结构也越来越受到人们的重视。以往国内、外有关头面部研究资料对外鼻的根部、鼻尖和鼻翼的形态研究较全面,但很少述及鼻背的情况。鼻背骨性宽是外鼻宽大畸形的主要基础,做上颌骨鼻突截骨术可以取得外鼻挺拔秀美的效果。本文就鼻背缩窄截骨整形术的研究进展综述如下。     

The use of proximal nasal tissue in nasal reconstruction

Lesions and defects of the nasal tip and alar rim can be reconstructed using composite or full thickness grafts from the proximal alar crease region. The texture, surface effect, and color match much better than the conventional skin grafts from other body areas. The donor site is well hidden in the natural crease of the alar rim and the scars have always been acceptable. This method has been used in ten patients to date and the average dimensions of the grafts are 1.5 x .7 cm.     

Efficacy of external nasal nerve block following nasal surgery

Background

Pain is the major determinant factor which affects the quality of recovery and postoperative agitation following nasal surgery with the patient under general anesthesia. Our objectives were to test the hypothesis that an external nasal nerve block will decrease pain intensity, decrease drug consumption, decrease the incidence of postoperative emergence agitation and improve quality of recovery.

Material and methods

In this study 100 adult patients who were scheduled for elective external nasal surgery with the patient under general anesthesia and nasal packing on each side, received external nasal nerve blocks postoperatively for 24?h with saline (group I) or 2% xylocaine (group II) with 1:200,000 epinephrine. Postoperative pain was measured at the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) utilizing a visual analog scale (VAS). Narcotics consumption was also measured. Emergence agitation and quality of recovery were also assessed.

Results

Pain scores were statistically significant between both groups. Requirements of equivalent morphine doses in the PACU were lower in group II (block) than group I (control) with a significant P value <0.001. Group II (block) patients required significantly less intraoperative fentanyl than group I (control) patients (p?=?0.001). Group II (block) showed higher scores in pain dimension of QoR-40 in comparison with group I (P <0.001). The incidence of emergence agitation was lower in group II (block) than in group I (control, 24% vs. 48%, P?=?0.012).

Conclusion

External nasal nerve block is an effective technique for reducing postoperative pain, drug consumption and quality of recovery. It also reduces emergence agitation. The effects are mainly due to profound analgesia and effective pain control that lead to decreased drug usage and reduced discomfort.