Efficacy of costal cartilage cortex with retained costal perichondrium on nasal tip reconstruction / 中华医学美学美容杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To evaluate the advantages of cortical perichondrium retention of costal cartilage in tip plasty.Methods:A total of 618 female cases were retrospectively analyzed from July 2017 to July 2018 in Zhengzhou Meilai Medical Beauty Hospital that underwent comprehensive line of rib cartilage rhinoplasty for beauty, aged 18-52 years with mean 27±6 years. According to different modification graft used in plasty, the cases were divided into reserve costal perichondrium cortex group (experimental group) and simple rib cartilage cortex group (control group). Statistical analyses were carried out 1 month and 12 months after operation. The tip displacement visualization was compared between the two groups and the advantages and disadvantages were evaluated in both.Results:After the surgery of the 618 patients, the rate of displacement in the experimental group was 3.6%, and that in the control group was 7.9% (χ 2=4.95, P<0.05). The rate of the implant exposure in the experimental group was 4.7%, and that in the control group was 9.1% (χ 2=4.38, P<0.05). The reserve costal perichondrium cortex used in the nasoplasty kept the prominent and stable nasal tip after the operation, and longterm follow-up showed there were no displacement and deformation occured in the patients. Conclusions:The application of costal cartilaginous cortex retaining costal perichondrium in tip plasty can obtain good nasal tip protrusion and stable rotation. It is an ideal nasal tip shaping material and worthy of clinical application.