Conservative costal cartilage harvest for revision septorhinoplasty

• Published in: The Journal of craniofacial surgery Vol. 24; no. 3; p. 975
• Main Authors: Boyaci, Zerrin, Çelik, Öner, Ateşpare, Altay, Koca, Öncel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2013
• Subjects: Adult; Costal Cartilage - transplantation; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pain, Postoperative - drug therapy; Retrospective Studies; Rhinoplasty - methods; Tissue and Organ Harvesting - methods; Transplantation, Autologous; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1536-3732
• DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318280254a

We present our experience with a conservative costal harvesting to be used for patients undergoing secondary septorhinoplasty. Sixty-five patients who underwent revision septorhinoplasty requiring autogenous costal cartilage harvest performed by the senior author from 2005 to 2011 have been included in this retrospective study. Assessment of the outcomes includes harvesting time, incision size, availability of graft material, and postoperative complications. The mean operation time was 25 minutes. The incisions varied from 3 to 4 cm. Sufficient cartilage volume was harvested for the targeted purpose in all cases. No wound infection developed. One patient had pleural damage, and no more major complications were noted. The patients suffered from mild pain. Postoperative scar was minimal. No deformity was observed in the donor site on postoperative analysis. The described technique is very safe and minimizes donor-site morbidity. In addition, it allows the acquisition of nonepithelialized dermal graft and muscle fascia for soft tissue reconstruction.