title: The versatile autogenous rib graft in septorhinoplasty.
abstract: In the graft depleted revision rhinoplasty patient and the patient with major tissue needs, alternatives to septal and conchal cartilage grafts are needed. The costal cartilage graft and rib bone/costal cartilage combination graft are excellent alternatives. In this study 14 patients received 40 grafts from 20 autogenous ribs harvested during septorhinoplasty. Materials were harvested for use as septal replacement grafts, cantilevered grafts, dorsal onlay grafts, columellar struts, and tip grafts. Patient followup was 6 to 31 months, and no evidence of graft resorption or warpage was evident during that period. Complications of harvest were minimal, and harvest techniques are detailed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Sherris
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Kern
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D002356:Cartilage / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D012272:Ribs / Q000601:surgery; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous