Abstract Purpose of Review The aim of this analysis is to provide a synopsis of the surgical
methods utilized to treat nasal valve collapse resulting in airway obstruction, and to evaluate …

Methods All cases of patients who had undergone a primary rhinoplasty and had been
treated with bilateral spreader grafts because of bilateral nasal valve insufficiency from 1998 …

Background: Reshaping of the nasal tip by excision of a strip of cartilage from the cephalic
portion of the lateral crura is a commonly used procedure. This surgical technique is not …

The alar-spanning suture is a surgical technique used by an experienced rhinoplastic
surgeon to address certain nasal tip deformities. Wide nasal tip deformities with strong …

A pinched nasal tip is caused by collapsed alar rims secondary to weak lateral crura. The
resulting deformity can be corrected with alar spreader grafts—autogenous grafts of septal …

The nasal valve area is the functional area that allows airflow regulation. It could be divided
in an internal area and an external one, basing on the anatomical landmarks. Many …

Preservation of native nasal structures in rhinoplasty has aesthetic and functional benefits.
This ideology can be implemented within open surgical approaches and in the context of …

There has been particular recent interest in dorsal preservation rhinoplasty techniques
because of claims of superior functional and aesthetic results relative to conventional hump …

Early reductive rhinoplasty techniques focused on hump reduction and tip plasty with
minimal focus on treating or preserving the integrity and width of the middle vault. With time …

One of the most important components of an attractive nasal tip is the cephalocaudally
conical form of the dome at the sagittal plane. With respect to this fact, the author tried to …