[Reconstruction of the external nose in patients with posttraumatic defects and deformities of the bones of the nasoethmoidal-orbital area].

Examinations and treatment of 52 patients (28 men, 17 women, and 7 children) with posttraumatic deformations of the nasoethmoidal-orbital complex permitted the authors to distinguish the main types of deformations and develop methods for surgical treatment. Autotransplants of the skull vault were used for correcting the deformations in all cases. The proposed methods of treating posttraumatic defects and deformations of the osseous and cartilaginous parts of the nose help attain stable functional and cosmetic results and are less time-consuming.