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Secondary rhinoplasty using flying-bird and vestibular tornado incisions for unilateral cleft lip patients
- Source :
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 112(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- To correct the nasal deformity in cleft lip patients, a new procedure of open rhinoplasty using a "flying-bird" incision in the nostril tip with a vestibule "tornado"-shaped incision in the cleft side is presented. The newly designed vestibular incision produces effective vestibular advancement with the freed lower lateral cartilage. The flying-bird incision makes it possible to produce a suitable nostril tip appearance with symmetrical external nostril vestibules. If the vestibular defect after flap advancement is wide, a full-thickness skin graft is used to give priority for making a good external nostril shape. This procedure is useful for most cleft lip noses, particularly in cases of moderate to severe deformity.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
medicine.medical_treatment
Nostril
Cleft Lip
Nose
Surgical Flaps
Rhinoplasty
Lateral cartilage
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
medicine
Deformity
Humans
Vestibular system
business.industry
respiratory system
Plastic Surgery Procedures
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Vestibule
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Surgical incision
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00321052
- Volume :
- 112
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c651f364c6739a1d63278e1019ab2ec1