The Boxy Nasal Tip, the Ball Tip, and Alar Cartilage Malposition: Variations on a Theme???A Study in 200 Consecutive Primary and Secondary Rhinoplasty Patients

B. Constantian, Mark

doi:10.1097/01.prs.0000169958.83870.e1

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The Boxy Nasal Tip, the Ball Tip, and Alar Cartilage Malposition: Variations on a Theme???A Study in 200 Consecutive Primary and Secondary Rhinoplasty Patients

Published in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery • Jun 28, 2005

Authors:

Mark B. Constantian

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although "boxy" and "ball" nasal tips have received considerable attention in the rhinoplasty literature, their association with cephalic rotation of the alar cartilage lateral crura ("malposition") has not been emphasized. The thesis of this article is that most boxy and ball tips are n...

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Medicine

Rhinoplasty

Cartilage

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