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Endoscopic Septoplasty with Limited Two-line Resection: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Septal Deviation
Published on: June 20, 2018
Difficult revision case: Foreshortened nose and severe alar retraction, two prior rhinoplasty surgeries
1Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ear & Eye Infirmary, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1855 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. dtoriumi@uic.edu
Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America
|November 8, 2006
Abstract:
This article reviews the case of a patient who had undergone two previous rhinoplasties and presented with a foreshortened nose and severe left alar retraction. She underwent excision of a skin lesion just above the left alar groove resulting in severe alar retraction.
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