Milestones in modern plastic surgery. Deformity of nasal dorsum through loss of substance: correction by bone grafting. By Roberto Farina. 1951.

The author presents fifty-seven cases of nasal deformities. This work is concerned with deformities of the nasal dorsum. In three cases the repair was carried out by the Straith 's technique. In another three cases artificial substances were employed. The author also stated that he no longer uses acrylics, based on biological knowledge. On 51 patients the repair was performed with osteoperiosteal graft taken from the crest of the tibia. The grafts were always autogenous. It seems that the technique employed by the author is original. The percentage of bad results is 9.8% and is connected with those cases suffering from Hansen's disease.