title: Running W incision in open rhinoplasty: better scar quality.
abstract: Since 1997, 129 patients have undergone the open approach rhinoplasty procedure. Scar quality with running W incision was compared to the scar with V type incision. According to clinical and statistical evaluations after 6 months, postoperatively the running W incision group showed better scar quality than the V type incision group. The advantages of a running W incision are camouflaging the depressed scar in the incision line and decreasing the angles of the corners of incision lines. Running W type incision is superior to V incision on the columella and may provide less scaring than a single Z, and reverse V incisions according to our long-term clinical results.
authors: Florence Nightingale Metropolitan Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. muzaffercelik@superonline.com
authors: Muzaffer
authors: M
authors: Celik
authors: Serhat
authors: S
authors: Tuncer
authors: Erhan
authors: E
authors: Eryilmaz
mesh_terms: D002921:Cicatrix; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013997:Time Factors; D014421:Turkey; D014945:Wound Healing