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Cenjor Español, Carlos JoseAuthorSanabria Brassart, JaimeAuthorMárquez Dorsch FAuthorVillacampa Aubá JmAuthorGutiérrez Fonseca RAuthor

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Cartilaginous grafts in rhinoplasty

Publicated to:Acta Otorrinolaringológica Española. 53 (10): 736-740 - 2002-12-01 53(10), DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6519(02)78370-2

Authors: Escobar Sanz-Dranguet P; Márquez Dorsch F; Villacampa Aubá JM; Sanabria Brassart J; Gutiérrez Fonseca R; Pastormerlo Botegia G; Cenjor Español C

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We present a revision of 38 cases operated on for augmentation rhinoplasty from 1992 to 2001, using a cartilaginous graft. 83% of our patients were men and 17% were female. The mean age was 31 years old. In 33 rhinoplasties, the graft was placed in the nasal dorsum; in 4 cases it was placed at the nasal tip and in one case reconstruction of the dorsum and the tip was performed. The most frequently used graft was septal cartilage, in 28 cases. Conchae cartilages were used in 3 cases, lower lateral cartilage in 5 cases, rib cartilage in one, and in another case, septal and lower lateral cartilage were used in the same patient. We stabilized the graft fixing it to the skin with a suture which is removed after a week. We did a postoperative follow-up on 25 of the patients. In terms of patient satisfaction, 12% of them felt that their nasal appearance had improved, 76% felt that there had been a great improvement, and 12% did not notice any change. Only one patient had to be reoperated on because of an overprojection of the graft in the nasal dorsum. We conclude that the use of autologous cartilaginous grafts offers important advantages in rhinoplasty; they are easy to be obtained, easy to mould and with a low index of resorption.

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