[In vitro comparison of antibacterial properties of antiseptics used in periodontology].

Antibacterial properties of antiseptics most commonly used in periodontology were examined in vitro showing al agents containing chlorhexidine to be the most effective against gram-negative (E. coli), gram-positive (staphylococcus, streptococcus, enterococcus) germs as well as а C. аlbicans.

[Our experience with the correction of large protruding ears].

The objective of the present work was to improve the results of correction of large protruding auricles. The results of long-term observations and many-year experience of the authors provided the basis for the development of the method that allows to simultaneously diminish the size of a protruding ear and correct an auricular defect. A detailed description of selected steps of the proposed approach is presented together with relevant illustrations.

[Some aspects of correction of nasal tip congenital deformities].

The paper reviews both short- and lon-termed results of conventional methods for the correction of nasal tip congenital deformities: Converse for broad tip correction, Armstrong for long tip and Burian for protruding tip. The revealed disadvantages of the abovementioned methods are summarized. Treatment efficiency proved to be higher when classifying nasal tip deformities in monodeformities and combined ones.

[Defects of nasal septum skin part elimination].

Method of elimination of nasal septum skin part defects was offered with creation of full-fledged receptive bed in the defect and cicatricially changed nose tip region with subsequent columella plastic by skin flaps from the region of the bases of nasal wings and upper third of the upper lip. The method allows to fill the defect of nasal septum skin part, to eliminate cicatricial deformity of nose tip, to shift wing of nose curls in right position, to reduce the lower third face height; hence the face becomes more harmonious.

[Long-term surgical outcomes in congenital malformations of the floor of the auricle].

The authors analyse long-term outcomes of surgical treatment of congenital defects of the floor of the auricle. They came to the conclusion that surgical techniques used in the correction of the defects need some modification. In the presence of a wide, elastic ascending crus of the helix, when creating the anthelix, the crus should be made finer.