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Published on: June 20, 2018
U shaped costal cartilage resection to reduce donor site morbidity
Erol Senturk1, Nurtac Dagistanli1, Orhan Ozturan1
1Bezmialem Vakif University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
Objective:
The aim of our study is to reduce the complications of pain and chest wall deformity by modifying conventional costal cartilage graft harvesting.
Method:
In this method while the superior part of the costal cartilage is removed completely, medial, lateral, and inferior parts are excised incompletely and used as a graft. Hence, continuity of the costal cartilage is maintained inferiorly.
Results:
Nineteen primary and 28 revision rhinoplasty patients were included in the study. There were no donor site complications in the early postoperative period or during one-year follow-up.
Conclusion:
The modified costal cartilage graft harvesting technique we described is a safe conservative surgical method.
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