Clinicofunctional parallels in posttraumatic deformities of the nasal tip

The analysis of different posttraumatic deformities of the nasal tip gave evidence for a close correlation of internal nose deformities with nasal breathing ranging from common changes in the internal nose (hypertrophy of the inferior turbinated bone) to atresia when nasal breathing is completely blocked. Because of tissue edema, respiration improved and normalized only 1 and 3 months after surgery. It is concluded that functional examinations before and after surgery are beneficial for patients and warrant optimal terms of surgery.     

Differentiated approach to medicine phonophoresis in complex treatment of cicatrical deformations

135 patients aged 18 to 55 years with cicatrical alterations in the larynx were under observation. The treatment included phonophoresis of contractubex, colitin and elastolytin. The study found the necessity to take into account the age of cicatrical deformations when treating them. The most effective in treatment of formation cicatrices (6 to 12 days old) are medicines containing heparin (contractubex), which prevent the formation of pathologic cicatrices (keloid and hypertrophic ones). After the formation of the cicatrice is completed, medicines containing enzymes are more effective, because these "garnet" collagen and thus favor the mechanism of the reversion of pathologic cicatrical formation.     

Correction of congenital of the lateral nose deformities

Immediate and remote results of perennial use of most popular correction methods in different types of congenital deformations of nose end (wide end -- according to J. Converse; prolonged end -- according to D. Armstrong and protruded end -- according to F. Burian) were analyzed and their drawbacks disclosed. The authors presented their own new techniques.     

Mirror-image artifact mimicking epidural hematoma: usefulness of power Doppler sonography

During sonographic examination, a mirror-like interface can scatter the ultrasound beam, producing mirror-image artifacts. We describe a case of bilateral parietal cephalhematoma in the parietal region of a 2-day-old neonate that mimicked bilateral epidural hematoma on routine sonographic examination. Forceps had been used during delivery, and the neonate had been experiencing episodes of apnea since birth. Gray-scale coronal sonograms showed anechoic structures resembling epidural hematomas in the left and right parietal regions. However, color and power Doppler sonography showed normal vascular findings, thus permitting identification of the mirror-image artifact.