title: Our "idèes fixes" in rhinoplasty: the naso-frontal angle and the alar lateral crus.
abstract: An examination of the naso-frontal angle shows that a cranial or caudal shift in position affects the dorsum length. The fundamental aspect characterizing the naso-frontal angle is its width: it may be normal, too wide, or too narrow. It's easier to modify a too-narrow angle than a too-wide one. We show surgical techniques, emphasizing their method applied to the over-wide angle. The second "idèe fixe" is the morphology of the alar lateral crus. Every variety of this structure has a peculiar property of shape and relationship with other elements that predetermines the therapeutic action. Diagrams and photographs are shown to describe the surgical techniques and the clinical results. There is also a demonstration of the method for alar lateral crus resection, which we call "the long keel shape," since it resembles the shape of a sailboat keel.
authors.affiliation: am.fontana@libero.it
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Muti
mesh_terms: D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*