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P Hilger

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PubMed1999

The AAFPRS Web site.

Technology is changing the way the world communicates. With the Internet in its infancy, the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) understands that utilization of the World Wide Web (WWW) can dramatically help us communicate with each other, with our patients, and with the public. The Web site offers many services to nonmembers and members alike. It is rapidly undergoing changes to achieve the level of excellence that we as facial plastic surgeons have relied upon. This article reviews the current status of the Web site, describes current nonmember and member benefits, and discusses some of the short-term goals for the future at www.aafprs.org.

Face↗
PubMed1989

Hereditary agenesis of nasal cartilage. Surgical implications.

In the evaluation of a patient for cosmetic surgery, an underlying congenital origin for the deformities noted, with possible expression in multiple organ systems, should always be considered. In this case, a 19-year-old woman requesting rhinoplasty exhibited facial anomalies: lack of quadrangular and lower lateral cartilages, small bony dorsum, underdeveloped aural cartilage, and infantile larynx and trachea. Otherwise healthy, she recalled having recurrent bouts of croup until she was 15 years old, exercise limitation secondary to stridor, and a family history of nasal hypoplasia. Genetic referral diagnosed her condition as Opitz-BBB/G compound syndrome (oculogenitolaryngeal syndrome), and we here review its head and neck manifestations. Suspected agenesis of nasal cartilage, unreported in previous literature (to our knowledge), was confirmed intraoperatively and presented a unique challenge for reconstruction, including a restricted choice of anesthesia and a need for banked cartilage.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗
PubMed1980

Cystic fibrosis.

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Laser therapy of dysphonia plica ventricularis.

Dysphonia plica ventricularis involves the faulty participation of the ventricular folds in the act of phonation. The speech disorder was one of the first to be described with the use of indirect laryngoscopy. This dysphonia can occur as a compensation for anatomic or physiologic alterations within the larynx (vicarious type) or as isolated ventricular fold hypertrophy unaccompanied by other obvious laryngeal disorders (usurpative type). Conservative phoniatric therapy has been the primary modality of treatment for dysphonias resulting from ventricular fold hypertrophy, with surgical intervention being reserved for those patients not responding to speech therapy. We describe the successful use of the carbon dioxide laser in the excision of the hypertrophied false vocal cords in a patient who failed conservative management with speech therapy.

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