Journal archive · Dorsum and hump · Ethnic, Asian, Middle Eastern, African and Latino rhinoplasty · 2010
Are polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) implants an alternative material for nasal dorsal augmentation in Asians?
Hong JP, Yoon JY, Choi JW.
In the archive as a landmark paper: the core sweep runs 2011–2026, and this one is here because the history of rhinoplasty rests on it · cited on alloplastic implants.
From the abstract
“Augmentation rhinoplasty is a relatively common procedure in Korea. Alloplastic materials such as silicone, supramid mesh, Proplast, Mersiline, Medpor, and hydroxyapatite are frequently used for dorsal augmentation. Alloplastic implants have advantages, such as ready availability and no donor-site morbidity, but are…”
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Dorsum and hump
The hump is the commonest reason people ask for rhinoplasty and the step that decides most of what follows: take the roof off and the middle vault has to be rebuilt, keep the roof and it may push its way back up.
Ethnic, Asian, Middle Eastern, African and Latino rhinoplasty
The nose in front of the surgeon decides the operation, not the patient's ancestry: skin thickness, cartilage strength and existing dorsal height set the limits of what any technique can deliver, and planning every nose toward one Caucasian ideal is the error the comparative data now names.
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