The Application of a New Framework Construction Technique in Autologous Costal Cartilage Rhinoplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In this study, the clinical efficacy of a new framework construction technique for costal cartilage rhinoplasty was investigated.

Methods

From January 2020 to February 2022, patients who underwent rhinoplasty in the department of plastic and reconstructive surgery of Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital were enrolled. The sixth costal cartilage was made into the nasal columellar support graft (strut), the nasal tip graft integrated scaffold, and the septal extension grafts. The strut and septal extension grafts were sutured to construct the framework. Adobe Photoshop 6.0 was used to measure a series of aesthetic indices preoperatively and at 9 months postoperatively, including the nasal length, tip projection, nasofrontal angle, columellar/lobular angle, and naso

SUBMITTER: Gu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11658749 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature