title: A reasoned approach to nasal base surgery.
abstract: Although remodeling the nasal base is one of the most demanding and important parts of rhinoplasty, it is usually taught and performed in such a seemingly empirical manner that the entire process becomes bewildering and mysterious to many students. Because the cartilaginous skeleton of the nasal base bears a striking resemblance to a tripod, we have been using remodeling techniques for the past 25 years that employ mechanical principles that could be used if one desired to change the configuration of a tripod.
mesh_terms: D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods; D009626:Terminology as Topic