title: Radial bone graft usage for nasal septal reconstruction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although various techniques have been described for correction of crooked and saddle nose deformities, these problems are challenging with high recurrence and revision rates. Conventional septal surgery may not be adequate for nose reconstruction in crooked and saddle nose deformities.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between December 2005 and October 2009, six patients with crooked nose and five patients with saddle nose deformities underwent corrective surgery in our clinic. All patients were male, and the mean age was 21 years (range, 19-23 years). We used rigid radial bone graft to prevent redeviation and recurrence following corrective nasal septal surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean follow-up period was 28 months, ranging from 18 to 46 months. Mean operation time was 4 hours (3-4.5). All patients healed uneventfully. None of the patients required secondary surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe that radial bone grafts offer a long lasting support in treatment of challenging cases with crooked and saddle nose deformities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Eskisehir Military Hospital, 26020, Eskisehir/Turkey.
authors.forename: Yakup
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cil
authors.forename: Atacan Emre
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kocman
authors.forename: Abdul Kerim
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Yapici
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozturk