Laila Aboulnasr MD; Tarek Ashour MD; Sherif Zamer MD
Laila Aboulnasr MD; Tarek Ashour MD; Sherif Zamer MD
Usama Lotfi (MD, MRCS) , Hisham Mostafa (MD), Maher Abdelmonem (MD), Ahmed Reyad (MD)
Magdy Haggag, Usama Lotfi, Randa Kaddah
Mohamed El-Maadawy, MD
Mohamed El-Maadawy, MD.
Ahmed M. Hussein MD., Mohamed Y. Ibrahim MD., Mohamed L. Mohamed M.Sc.
Ahmed El-Marakby, Ahmed Farghaly, Ahmed Gamal Eldin Fouad
Ashraf Abolfotooh Khalil, Amr Ibrahim Fouad, Mohamed Hazem, Ahmed F. Aborady, Hatem Elsahar, Ahmed Ragab Morsi
Mahmoud Saad Farahat MD
Fady Magdy Yacoub, Khaled Sadek, Ahmed Adel Nawar
Maged Rihan and Mohamed M.Raslan
Usama Shaker Mohamed, Mohamed Diaa Sarhan, Amr Mohsen, Ahmed Farag, Mohamed Youssef, Fahim Elbassiony
Extended Columellar Strut Graft in Tip Rhinoplasty
The thick heavy skin represent a challenge for any surgeon who is performing rhinoplasty. When combined
with underprojected tip would be a real problem. The accompanying weak lower alar cartilage could add a
real support deficiency. This ethnic problem had led us to think about a solution that could provide a
solution for both the tip projection and the heavy skin. Although the extended columellar strut–tip graft
proved to be a reliable method to provide nasal tip projection and contour, yet it lacks the adequate tip
support for the heavy nasal skin. The combined extended columellar strut-tip graft is the solution in order
to maintain the alar cartilage support and providing a good dome definition at the same time. Our study
was done on 60 patients, 38 of which were secondary cases, while the remaining were primary cases. The
follow-up of cases extends to 24 months. Patient satisfaction was subjected to a patient satisfaction poll
over 5 grades. Only 5 cases were not satisfied by the result. We had reached a conclusion, that the
combined strut–tip graft is highly versatile in that it offers unique advantages in both primary and
secondary rhinoplasty procedures.
Keywords: Tip rhinoplasty, columellar strut, tip graft, thick skin rhinoplasty, extended columellar strut
graft.