Hypoplastic lateral crus causing alar retraction and underprojected nasal tip: correction with multiple grafts.
A case of severe alar retraction and underprojected nasal tip due to hypoplastic lateral crura was successfully treated using a columellar strut graft, lateral crus replacement graft, and lateral crus caudalization graft and Medpor implant. Level of Evidence IV This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors at www.springer.com/00266.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Acıbadem University Medical School, Maltepe, İstanbul, Turkey. cengizacikel@gmail.com
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D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D051457:Hyaline Cartilage / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation*; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult