Calibrated alar base excision: A 20-year experience
| Autor: | Peter McKinney, Mossie Rd, Bailey Mh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty Alar base excision business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Nostril Nose respiratory system Rhinoplasty Surgery body regions Plastic surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Notching Evaluation Studies as Topic otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Nasal sill business Lateral wall Wide nostrils Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 12:71-75 |
| ISSN: | 1432-5241 0364-216X |
| Popis: | Conflicting guidelines for excisions about the alar base led us to develop calibrated alar base excision, a modification of Weir's approach. In approximately 20% of 1500 rhinoplasties this technique was utilized as a final step. Of these patients, 95% had lateral wall excess ("tall nostrils"), 2% had nostril floor excess ("wide nostrils"), 2% had a combination of these ("tall-wide nostrils"), and 1% had thick nostril rims. Lateral wall excess length is corrected by a truncated crescent excision of the lateral wall above the alar crease. Nasal floor excess is improved by an excision of the nasal sill. Combination noses (e.g., tall-wide) are approached with a combination alar base excision. Finally, noses with thick rims are improved with diamond excision. Closure of the excision is accomplished with fine simple external sutures. Electrocautery is unnecessary and deep sutures are utilized only in wide noses. Few complications were noted. Benefits of this approach include straightforward surgical guidelines, a natural-appearing correction, avoidance of notching or obvious scarring, and it is quick and simple. |
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