[Birth of rhinoplasty in the West]. / Naissance de la rhinoplastie en Occident. Part I : textes fondateurs et vrais précurseurs.

The birth of rhinoplasty in the West was driven by a great demand for reconstruction of noses destroyed voluntarily or not, post-traumatic or medical. Two men emerge strongly through their work and writings: Gaspare Tagliacozzi for the brachial flap and Joseph Carpue for the frontal flap. Both of them describe a different method but based on the same skin flap principles. But were they really the first? History tells us that other, more anonymous people before them had used these same methods on a large scale but without leaving any conclusive or very significant written trace. The use of flaps or grafts, methods, which are the true pillars of plastic surgery, opened up perspectives much wider than the nose. But history has retained the name of these two men through their writings. If they were not the precursors, they were nevertheless promoters, laying the foundations of modern plastic surgery and promoting the spread of these great principles throughout the world.

[Osteotomies in rhinoplasty]. / Ostéotomies en rhinoplastie.

Osteotomies are performed to modify the shape of the bony part of the nose, therefore they should not be done systematically. Main indications are correction of deviated nose, narrowing of bony vault and roofing of an open roof after important hump resection. The nose should be very precisely analyzed before osteotomies if the surgeon doesn't want to create deformities such as step, inverted V, pinched nose or saddle nose. When too narrowed, bones can also block the airway and lead to functional problems.

[Tip sutures]. / Sutures de la pointe du nez.

Suture techniques are widely used and can be very useful and efficient to support the nasal tip and correct its deformities. Nevertheless, they are so powerful that they have to be performed very precisely if the surgeon does not want to create cosmetics as well as functional problems. The authors describe the main tip sutures and their effects, expected or not.

[Correction of the broad nasal tip]. / La chirurgie de la pointe large.

AIM OF STUDY: The multiple techniques, the accurate examination and the checking of the various anatomic components (skin, cartilage resistance) could explain the difficulty for the surgeon to choose a main line, achieving the purpose of perfect and permanent results. Facing this complexity, the goal of this study is to plan step by step, using a simple and original technique in order to correct a broad nose. METHODS: The modification of the nasal tip includes resection techniques, currently the most used, the cartilaginous reshaping with sutures or onlay grafts and more recently the reinforcement structures approach by inlay grafts. Basically, there are 3 important stages in the performing of a new nose tip: projection and rotation control of the tip, nasal base stability and reshaping of the tip. The author reports an original technique for the control of the tip projection and reshaping the middle crus with two cartilaginous grafts disposed on the external side of the medial crus. These two grafts permit both improving naturally the support of the tip and stabilizing the columella, avoiding the classical median columellar strut. RESULTS: Through a ten-year experience with 203 cases, every patient result was analyzed and criticized. All the cases were reviewed after 2 years at least, and the unwanted effects were noted. Nineteen patients have had a secondary rhinoplasty (11%), 4 for a revision tip surgery (2%). There is no respiratory dysfunction and more than 90% of patients are satisfied for their aesthetic result. We think that the main problems as resection techniques with skin or mucosa retraction, unpredictable long-term effect on the tip, unknown future of the grafts, especially onlay grafts responsible sometimes for unpleasant irregularities, could be minimized with this procedure. The more the nasal tip is stabilized, the more the results are better and longer lasting. CONCLUSION: The surgery of the nose tip is focused not only with shaping procedures of the middle or lateral crus. The technique reported is very simple and safety for the nasal tip surgery through a modification and/or a reinforcement of the initial structure, maximizing the contact between skin and anatomical component and economizing the interposition of a cartilage graft as far as possible. It is a new concept including respect of the anatomy, and stability, which are the best guarantee for a durable result.

[Rhinoplasty and dermal fillers]. / Rhinoplastie et produits de comblement.

The use of fillers for camouflage after surgical rhinoplasty or during medical rhinoplasty process represent an attractive technique which allows to avoid or to delay surgical time often dreaded by the patients. This technique apparently quite simple, must be applied carefully in order to avoid possible complications that can sometimes be very serious. Through their seven years of experience, the authors have selected absorbable type of products: hyaluronic acid or calcium hydroxylapatite, both approved by ANSM. Preference is given to microcannulas (27G) over needles and injection techniques through multiple tunnels fitted with small fragmented boluses. Due to possible Tyndall effect and skin necrosis risk, a one-shot injection with a lot of product should be avoided. Calcium hydroxyapaptite is preferred for the dorsum area while hyaluronic acid is recommended for the tip. The authors also relate the major encountered complications and describe the appropriated treatments. Nevertheless the strict application of the described technique represents the best way to prevent adverse complications.

[Middle third of the nose and internal valve. Alar wall and external valve]. / Tiers moyen du nez et valve interne. Paroi alaire et valve externe.

To many surgeons, nasal airway obstruction is synonymous with either septal deviation or inferior turbinate hypertrophy. The role of internal and external nasal valves is often less known by surgeons even if it is crucial in nasal breathing and strongly interrelated with esthetic of the middle third of the nose and alar wall. Therefore, precise examination of the two valves and conservative surgery should help to avoid many functional and esthetic problems.

[Standard rhinoplasty]. / Rhinoplastie standard de réduction.

Most patients who consult a surgeon for rhinoplasty do not want a radical change in their nose. They seek a reduction in the volume of the nasal pyramid and correction of a precise element that they judge to be ungainly--most often an osteocartilaginous hump. The procedure that we qualify as "standard" will eliminate the osteocartilaginous hump, decrease the dimensions of the septum and reduce the size of the alar crus of the alar cartilage. Although the required technical maneuvers are simple, their sequence must be coherent with a few basic rules that are simple but rarely explained in order to avoid defects linked to excessive, or on the contrary, insufficient corrections.

[Surgical anatomy of the nose]. / Anatomie chirurgicale de la pyramide nasale.

Thorough knowledge of the anatomy of the nose is an essential prerequisite for preoperative analysis and the understanding of surgical techniques. Like a tent supported by its frame, the nose is an osteo-chondral structure covered by a peri-chondroperiosteal envelope, muscle and cutaneous covering tissues. For didactic reasons, we have chosen to treat this chapter in the form of comments from eight key configurations that the surgeon should acquire before performing rhinoplasty.

[Two cases of lymphoma in an implant capsule: A difficult diagnosis, an unknown pathology]. / À propos de deux cas de lymphome mammaire sur coque périprothétique : un diagnostic difficile ; une pathologie méconnue.

The anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a rare disease, its incidence in the United States is one case per 500,000 women and three for 100 million patients for breast single location. Forty-six cases have been reported in the literature. They can grow on any type of implant: expander prosthesis silicone and saline, smooth or textured envelope. Currently, the consensus process includes capsulectomy, removal of the implant, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. However, some authors classify under indolent disease, but we believe that some cases may escape any therapeutic and become very aggressive forms. It is therefore important to make an early diagnosis and start treatment urgently. Severity and suspicion of iatrogenic nature of ALCL have an obligation to inform future with implants.

[Breast morphology in Turner's syndrome. A prospective multicentre clinical study about 21 cases]. / Morphologie mammaire dans le syndrome de Turner. Étude clinique prospective multicentrique de 21 cas.

INTRODUCTION: The Turner's syndrome encompassed several conditions, of which monosomy X (absence of the entire sex chromosome X) is most common. It is a chromosomal abnormality in which all or part of the sex chromosomes X is absent. Typical females have two X chromosomes, but in Turner's syndrome, one of those sex chromosomes is missing or presents abnormalities. Patients show a shield shaped thorax with thick and bulging chest, breast hypotrophy and widely spaced nipples. The objective of this study was to characterize the breast abnormalities observed in Turnerian. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We describe a prospective multicentric study (August 2007-March 2008) on 21 nullipar patients, ranging from 16 to 35 years old. Six were monosomic and 14 were Turner mosaic (in this case the chromosome is missing in some cells but not others), 19 were treated with estrogens and progestatives. This study was achieved through the use of clinical examinations including body, waist, hips (BWH) measurements and photography. The statistical method involved a descriptive analysis, linear correlation calculations and student test. RESULTS: The breast morphology appears to be quite closed to that of the general woman population, but with average thorax volume more bulky mainly in the anteroposterior zone, and with more reduced breast volumes. No specific abnormalities in the chest development were observed. No differences in the hypotrophy, hypertrophy, and normal breast volume repartition were observed between monosomic and mosaic patients. The self-satisfaction index on the breast look is quite low, patients mainly complain about breast hypotrophy. Nevertheless, these results are not representative of the whole turnerians, since this study address only to volunteer patients and we cannot exclude possible distortions. CONCLUSIONS: In contrast to common beliefs, we don't have observed any increase of the average of the internipple space; this observation is in good agreement with the most recent published literature works, which report only an apparent increase of this intermamelonary distance versus the thoracic width (in front view), probably caused to an optical distortion effect.

[Mandibular reconstruction using an iliac crest free flap vascularized by the deep circumflex iliac vessels. A clinical study apropos of 30 cases]. / Reconstruction mandibulaire par le lambeau libre de crête iliaque vascularisé par le pédicule circonflexe iliaque profond. Etude clinique à propos de 30 cas.

Thirty cases of mandibular defects were reconstructed with a free iliac flap vascularised by the deep circumflex iliac vessels. Twenty five of these cases involved soft tissue damage with a defect of the mandible. The surgical procedure described by I. Taylor was used. Three anatomical variations of the pedicle were found. The features of the iliac bone are particularly suitable for mandibular reconstruction. The natural shape of the iliac bone does not require complex osteotomies and its healing capacity allows simple osteosynthesis. The thickness of the muscular pedicle, and thus the flap, is determined by the position of the lower edge of the skin components with respect to the iliac crest. This type of flap currently remains very useful in reconstruction of major mandibular and adjacent soft tissue destruction because of the very low incidence of failure (2 cases) and complications.

[A trans-parotid approach to the osteosynthesis of fractures of the mandibular condyle. A study apropos of 30 cases]. / L'ostéosynthèse par voie transparotidienne des fractures du condyle mandibulaire. Etude à propos de 30 cas.

The authors report a homogeneous series of 30 cases with fractures of the mandibular condyles treated by internal fixation with a mini-plaque via the transparotidial route. The patient were treated between 1987 and 1992, with a minimum follow-up of one year. The transparotidial route has the reputation of being dangerous because of the proximity of the facial nerve and the poor vascular supply to the condyle. It is described in detail. Indications are exclusively extra-articular fractures. Complications were observed although no definitive facial nerve paralysis was seen. The authors conclude that the best indications are subcondylian fractures with or without luxation. In cases with luxation, it is important to verify the menisco-ligament system simultaneously. The authors emphasize the complementary nature of this treatment with the functional method.

[The scapular osteocutaneous flap. Technic, indications in cervicofacial surgery]. / Le lambeau ostéocutané scapulaire. Technique--indications en chirurgie cervico-faciale.

The authors describe 10 cases of mandibular reconstruction following transmandibular buccopharyngectomy, using scapular osteocutaneous flaps. Repair of mandibular substance loss due to neoplastic surgery becomes a problem. Composite bone resections are associated with mucous and muscular defect formation. There is dual advantage in using this type of flap: on the one hand, reliability is great, independently of the case (revisions or other types of surgery) because of the presence of constant elements in the vascular pedicle; on the other hand, the cutaneous flap and the bone transplant are independent from each other, such plasticity affording equally successful symphyseal and lateral repair.

[Acute intestinal invagination in infants and children. Analysis of 125 cases treated surgically]. / Invagination intestinale aiguë du nourrisson et de l'enfant. Analyse de 125 observations traitées chirurgicalement.

125 children were treated for acute intussusception with :-- Barium enema to establish the diagnosis and to do partial reduction--Even when total reduction is radiologically obtained a surgical control is done with routine appendicectomy.--The rate of recurrence is 3,2% occurring from 1 to 2 years after surgery. In 18% of our cases (23 patients) an organic etiology was discovered at surgery but in one patient only this was documented ona barium enema which demonstrated the necessity of systematic laparotomy.