cantilever bone graft, nasal reconstruction, saddle nasal deformity. Abstract The concept of the cantilever bone graft, popularised by Millard (1966), and its subsequent modification by Chait et al. (1980), led to the idea of the costochondral cantilever graft for nasal dorsum augmentation. Over 150 costochondral nasal grafts have been performed at the Australian Craniofacial Unit (ACFU) over t...

BACKGROUND The septal cartilage is the most useful donor site for autologous cartilage graft material in rhinoplasty. For successful nasal surgery, it is necessary to understand the developmental process of the nasal septum and to predict the amount of harvestable septal cartilage before surgery. METHODS One hundred twenty-three Korean patients who underwent three-dimensional (3D) facial bone...

Anasal septal perforation is a defect in any portion of the cartilaginous or bony septum with no overlying mucoperichondrium or mucoperiosteum on either side. In the perforation, the mucosal edges epithelialize, preventing closure of the defect. Although some patients may be completely asymptomatic, symptoms can arise from altered nasal laminar airflow, and they may be severely disturbing to pa...

BACKGROUND Facial deformation as a sequela of leprosy is caused not only by a saddle nose but also by regression of the maxilla, as well documented in paleopathological observations of excavated skeletal remains of patients with leprosy. However, maxillary changes in living patients have been evaluated only by the subjective visual grading. Here, we attempted to evaluate maxillary bone deformat...

A 33-year-old male patient presented with gradual and progressive protrusion of his left eye. He had a history of rhinoplasty for correction of nasal septal deviation 10 years ago. The patient developed intermittent bloody nasal discharge one year after rhinoplasty and underwent diagnostic paranasal sinus endoscopy and maxillary sinus antrostomy and biopsy. Histopathological studies had reveale...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of septal batten grafts to correct cartilaginous septal deformities in endonasal septoplasty. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING University medical center. PATIENTS Of 430 patients who underwent endonasal septoplasties from January 2006 to January 2011, 30 received septal batten grafts and were enrolled in the study. Twenty-eight patients were male an...

AIM Major complications of microscopic transnasal hypophyseal surgery (MTHS), such as cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea, carotid injury, and optic nerve injury, are very rare. However, late rhinological complications can be ignored because they are a minor cause of morbidity compared with major complications. In this study, we extensively examined postoperative rhinological complications in patien...

INTRODUCTION Crooked or deviated nose is a deviation of the nose from the straight vertical position of the face. Extensive pneumatization of the middle turbinate, also called concha bullosa or bullous middle turbinate (BMT) is known to be one of the possible etiologic factors in nasal obstruction, recurrent sinusitis, and headache. There is no study concerning a link between BMT and crooked no...

Patients who undergo corrective surgery for cleft lip are known to be at risk for subsequently developing secondary nasal deformity. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Y-shaped conchal cartilage transplantation on the correction of nasal deformity secondary to cleft lip and its influence on mental health. Sixteen patients with nasal deformity secondary to cleft lip admitted...