A Chinese man by
the name of Xiaolian was in a horrible car accident and lost all availiblity to
use his nose due to an infection cause by the accident. Doctors said the only way for the man
to regain his nose abilities was to surgically reconstruct it onto his
forehead. The man, just 22 years old, only had this option if he wanted to
be able to have a nose again. However
this is the first case for someone to have a nose reconstructed, there have
been a few other cases like it, such as when a cancer patient had an ear
reconstructed on their arm. Also,
I have read another odd story of ears being reconstructed on the back of a
mouse!
The nose was
reconstructed by tissue being expanded and placed under the skin on the man’s
forehead. This is not the
final product though; doctors must take this nose and remove it, then implant
it where the nose actually is. The
reason they use forehead skin for this procedure is because it is the closest
match to skin found on the nose.
I think if I,
along with anyone, saw someone with a nose on their forehead would freak
out. Now me, not so much but there are
some people out there and we all know someone who would have a panic
attack! However this procedure does seem
very strange, it must be done in order for the man to ever have a functioning
nose ever again.
Even if it may not
seem like it, the easy procedure has already been done by the nose being grown
on the forehead. The hard part of
transplanting the nose and keeping it healthy still remains and will be a
difficult task. Dr. Patrick Bryne says
that there is a lot of things that could go wrong with this upcoming
procedure. Dr. Bryne says that the
patient will need to be extremely cautious within the first 2 years after the
operation take place. Much can go wrong
says Bryne, he goes on and says that “If he gets
a little infection the cartilage can disintegrate” and “what was a nose, will
now look like a blob”. However, Bryne
says the patients nose will almost function as well as before, making the
procedure well worth the efforts.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/09/10/replacement-ears-grown-on-rats_n_1869825.html
Miller, Andrew. "RocketNews24." RocketNews24 RSS. N.p., 02 Oct. 2013. Web. 29 Sep. 2013.
Miller, Andrew. "RocketNews24." RocketNews24 RSS. N.p., 02 Oct. 2013. Web. 29 Sep. 2013.
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