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Nasal Tip Plasty: Suture Techniques and Cartilage Grafts

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Atlas of Asian Rhinoplasty

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Across the wide spectrum of subdisciplines within rhinoplasty, nasal tip plasty is one area in which a great variety of techniques have successfully been developed to improve the overall outcome from rhinoplasty. Tip plasty is technically demanding but is a required mastery for any rhinoplasty expert. A surgeon’s knowledge, technical competency, and experience all contribute to the degree to which one can apply the appropriate technique for each and every variation in the anatomy and clinical context, with predictable long-term outcomes while avoiding unwanted complications. As such, operative outcome following tip plasty varies widely across surgeons.

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Suh, M.K. (2018). Nasal Tip Plasty: Suture Techniques and Cartilage Grafts. In: Atlas of Asian Rhinoplasty. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8645-8_9

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