Crushed cartilage grafts over alar dome reduction in open rhinoplasty

Plast Reconstr Surg. 1993 Aug;92(2):352-6. doi: 10.1097/00006534-199308000-00026.

Abstract

Primary and secondary nasal tip deformities can be repaired more easily with an open technique rather than with the traditional closed methods that have been used for the over-projecting tip. Division of the alar domes with a side-to-side repair followed by the onlay of a single crushed cartilage graft to prevent postoperative cartilaginous deformities has been shown to be a reliable maneuver in both primary and secondary rhinoplasties.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cartilage / transplantation*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Nasal Septum / transplantation*
  • Reoperation
  • Rhinoplasty / methods*