Treatment of alar cartilage malposition using the cartilage disc graft technique.
Patients with a bifid, cephalically rotated, contour-deformed, bulky, overprojected, pinched-tip, alar-dislocated, and/or alar-tethered nose had primary and secondary rhinoplasties using complete lateral alar cartilage mobilization, modification, and repositioning and the cartilage disc tip-graft technique. This technique avoids the pitfalls of classic in situ subtraction rhinoplasty and provides a better way to correct the nasal shape without causing airway obstruction. This technique was performed in 30 patients in the past 6 years who had primary or secondary rhinoplasties, with satisfactory results.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography