THE METHOD OF CHOICE FOR THE CORRECTION OF SADDLE NOSE

In this paper, I relate the results of my personal experience for the correction of saddle nose, and discuss the arguments which underlie my opinion. At the onset let me say that I prefer to practice autoplasty by means of costal cartilage. Indeed, particularly since the war, almost all the surgeons have abandoned the metallic prothesis, (gold, silver, platinum and aluminum) for reasons which are now well known to us. White petrolatum (Gersuny, 1900), paraffin (Eckstein, 1901)—later, a mixture of these two substances—gutta percha and rubber have been discarded for good reasons. Rueda, who attempted (1913) to introduce a bundle of catgut under the skin for the correction of saddle nose, had no imitators. The same may be said of periosteum (Reverdin, 1879), muscle (Vignard) and fascia (Fritz Koch, 1914). All these grafts, as well as catgut, are absorbed more or less rapidly, and as a consequence do not give