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Article: Reports summarize plastic and reconstructive surgery study results from H.K. Kawamoto and co-researchers.
- Article from:
- Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week
- Article date:
- December 7, 2008
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"Numerous techniques exist to address poor nasal tip projection in the cleft nose deformity. The authors describe a secondary closed rhinoplasty technique using diced cartilage nasal tip grafting," researchers in the United States report (see also Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery).
"Cleft patients who previously underwent lower lateral cartilage repositioning with residual poor nasal tip projection underwent the ''stuffy nose'' rhinoplasty technique in which diced septal cartilage grafts were placed in a pocket made from a unilateral marginal incision over the lower lateral cartilages. Preoperative and follow-up (1 year) comparative measurements included (1) ...