Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aim of study was to evaluate the effects of spreader graft in septorhinoplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study group comprised of 33 patients of various nasal deformities who underwent consecutive septorhinoplasty at Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Republic of Korea (South Korea). All the patients had undergone open rhinoplasty procedure. The submucous resection of septum was done, leaving 1 to 1.5 cm. of septal cartilage for dorsal and caudal support. The spreader graft was harvested from septal cartilage in 31 cases and costal cartilage in 2 cases. All the patients had undergone endonasal high to low to high osteotomy, paramedian osteotomy and percutaneous transverse osteotomy.The periosteum was not elevated in any case. The spreader graft was placed and secured with septal cartilage and upper lateral cartilage with suture material. Crushed small pieces of septal cartilage were used for dorsal augmentation. The tutuplast fascia lata was used to camouflage the dorsal irregularity. CONCLUSION: All the cases had good aesthetically dorsal line, opening of internal nasal valve area and good septal support, which was weakened by the removal of deviated septum.