Sabrina Ferreira, Luis Eugênio Ayres Quaresma, Carlos Alberto Timóteo, André Luis da Silva Fabris, Leonardo Perez Faverani, Giovanna Barbosa Francisconi, Francisley Avila Souza, Idelmo Rangel Garcia Júnior
The nose holds an outstanding position on the face, acquiring great importance within the context of facial aesthetics. Because of the functional, psychological, and social aspects of trauma in a society increasingly demanding about aesthetics, treatment institution must reduce, as accurate as possible, the sequelae that hinder social integration. This clinical report relates an immediate nasal reconstruction of a complex animal bite wound. A 7-year-old patient was victim of a dog bite with avulsion of the left nasal ala and part of the ipsilateral nasal tip...
May 2014: Journal of Craniofacial Surgery