Tip graft from the cartilaginous dorsum in rhinoplasty

Abstract

A cartilage graft from the cartilaginous hump can be used in primary rhinoplasty for nasal tip projection. This technique has now been used for two years without complications in 35 patients with similar nose deformities, which included an inadequately projected tip and a high dorsal line. These grafts have proved to be another easy way to get an adequate tip projection in primary rhinoplasty.

Use of umbrella graft for nasal tip projection

“…Ortiz-Monasterio, Olmedo, and Ortiz [8] used septal or conchal cartilage grafts in two independent pockets for the tip and the columella. Garcia-Velasco [5] projected "Mestizo noses" with cartilage grafts from the cartilaginous hump.…”