Bony Cartilaginous Graft in Unilateral Cleft Lip Rhinoplasty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cleft rhinoplasty is a challenging form of nasal correction of both esthetic and functional deformities. The septal cartilage in many Asian patients are not sufficient and weak. Does a combination of the septal cartilage and the bony septum have both esthetic and functional benefits to secondary unilateral cleft rhinoplasty?

Patients and methods

Thirty patients with a unilateral cleft lip palate underwent open rhinoplasty from October 2018 to January 2021. After preserving a 10 mm L-strut, the posterior cartilaginous and bony septum were harvested as an integrative unit. The osteocartilaginous graft was used as a caudal septal extension graft and an extended spreader graft. Correcting the asymmetry of the tip and tip projection followed. The intraoperative harvest

SUBMITTER: Nguyen CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9612709 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature