Full thickness reconstruction of the nasal pyramid

Nasal lesions, which are often carcinomas, require a histological control of the excision sometimes forcing to postpone the reconstruction source of nasal mutilation disfiguring. Reconstructive procedures have made steady progress and the notion of reconstruction in three planes advocated by Tiersch has been improved in a major way by Millard, Burget and Menick, who added an essential aesthetic dimension. We present our experience in this field by selecting procedures that seem most appropriate and describing the key points of the operating process, which remain the guarantee of both therapeutic and aesthetic success. (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.