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DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1564820
Asian Rhinoplasty: Correction of the Short Nose with a Septal Integration Graft
Publication History
Publication Date:
23 November 2015 (online)
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Abstract
Correction of the short nose is the most challenging part in a rhinoplasty. It is even more difficult in Asians compared with Caucasians due to the thicker skin soft tissue envelope and weaker cartilaginous frameworks. Additionally, most of the Asian patients need augmentation of the nasal dorsum, and projection of the nasal tip at the same time of short nose surgery, which makes short nose correction more complex. Septal extension grafts can effectively and concomitantly correct a short nose. However, the amount of the septal cartilage is not sufficient as a source for the graft often; therefore, the authors devised a septal integration graft in which a septal cartilage graft was fixed to the caudal septum (columellar L-strut) in an end-to-end position to save an amount of the septal cartilage for correction of the short nose. A septal integration graft application resulted in lengthening of the short nose. In addition, the retracted columella and the acute columellar labial angle were improved aesthetically. Therefore, the authors suggest a septal integration graft, a modification of the septal extension graft, for correction of the short nose in an Asian rhinoplasty.
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