title: Nasal bone grafts from the removed hump used as overlay grafts to camouflage concave lateral crura.
abstract: Alar cartilage consists of a medial crus, middle crus and lateral crus. The lateral crus is an important aesthetic and functional structure of the nose. A 32-year-old male patient with concave lateral crura was operated by the authors. An open rhinoplasty with a dorsal approach to the septum is preferred. The nasal bones harvested from the hump, which is an autogenous graft trimmed and sutured on both concave lateral crura as an overlay camouflage grafts. Satisfactory result was achieved.
authors.affiliation: Tacirler Vakfi Sultanbeyli Goverment Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Utku
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kubilay
authors.affiliation: Tacirler Vakfi Sultanbeyli Goverment Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erdogdu
authors.affiliation: Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozan Seymen
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Sezen
keywords: Concave lateral crus; Nasal bone; Open rhinoplasty