Open AccessThe Alar Rim Flap: A Novel Technique to Manage Malpositioned Lateral Crura
Author(s) -
Cemal Alper Kemaloğlu,
Mehmet Altıparmak
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
aesthetic surgery journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.528
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1527-330X
pISSN - 1090-820X
DOI - 10.1093/asj/sjv111
Subject(s) - medicine , anatomy
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.
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