Oblique split technique: a game changer in costal cartilage sculpting

Abstract

Oblique split method is a technique used to carve the costal cartilage. Its main advantages are the high number of grafts that can be obtained, the ability to obtain grafts of various thicknesses and lengths, no risk of warping, less chance of desorption, preservation of the straight forms of grafts although they can be carved in different shapes.

Keywords

Oblique split method / saddle nose / structural rhinoplasty / revision rhinoplasty / septal reconstruction

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