The Alar Rim Flap: A Novel Technique to Manage Malpositioned Lateral Crura

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Kemaloglu C. A., Altıparmak M.

AESTHETIC SURGERY JOURNAL, vol.35, no.8, pp.920-926, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/asj/sjv111
  • Journal Name: AESTHETIC SURGERY JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.920-926
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Alar cartilage malposition is a common anatomic variation in which the axis of the lateral crus lies cephalically and may be parallel to the cephalic septum. Malposition of the lateral crura may produce inward collapse of the alae that is observable on deep inspiration.