title: Anatomical characteristics of the nasal cartilages for successful rhinoplasty in Koreans.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aims of the present study were to determine the exact level of separation of the upper lateral cartilage from the septal cartilage, and to classify the patterns of connection between the upper lateral cartilage and the lower lateral cartilage.
  
  
  METHODS
  We dissected and photographed 60 sides of noses; 18 specimens were sectioned and stained with Masson's trichrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean length of the connection between the upper lateral cartilage and septal cartilage was 16.1 mm. The mean level for separation of the upper lateral cartilage was 7.5 mm from the nasal bone. The pattern of connection between the upper lateral cartilage and lower lateral cartilage could be classified into five types: disconnection, end-to-end, overlap, scroll, and reverse scroll.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the present study will be helpful for surgical procedures such as nasal hump reduction and nasal cartilage work and also provide information for the anthropometric study of the nose.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Anatomy, †Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and ‡Obstetrics and Gynecology, Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ja-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Jeong-Nam
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ju-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kang-Jae
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Wu-Chul
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Ki-Seok
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Hyun-Gon
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Dong-Hyeok
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Dong-In
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Hyun-Soo
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Soon-Heum
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods; D044466:Asian People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055171:Nasal Cartilages / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012225:Rhinoplasty