title: Crushed cartilage grafts over alar dome reduction in open rhinoplasty.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hamra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000637:transplantation*; D012086:Reoperation; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*