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Columellar advancement for nasal tip elevation
Author(s) -
Goode Richard L.,
Ross Joel
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197307000-00016
Subject(s) - columella , septoplasty , elevation (ballistics) , medicine , rhinoplasty , surgery , nose , mathematics , geometry
V‐Y columellar advancement procedures can be successfully used to re‐elevate depressed nasal tips following trauma or septoplasty, even though a normal length columella exists. The columellar flap, with its lateral darts, produces the necessary long term nasal elevation. Two cases are described that illustrate the technique.