Treatment of alar cartilage malposition using the cartilage disc graft technique
Adham, M.N.; Teimourian, B.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 104(4) 1118-1125; Discussion: 1126-1130
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0032-1052 PMID: 10654756 Document Number: 511441
Patients with a bifid, cephalically rotated, contour-deformed, bulky, overprojected, pinched-tip, alar-dislocated, and/or alar-tethered nose had primary and secondary rhinoplasties using complete lateral alar cartilage mobilization, modification, and repositioning and the cartilage disc tip-graft technique. This technique avoids the pitfalls of classic in situ subtraction rhinoplasty and provides a better way to correct the nasal shape without causing airway obstruction. This technique was performed in 30 patients in the past 6 years who had primary or secondary rhinoplasties, with satisfactory results.