Primary Rhinoplasty Does Not Interfere with Nasal Growth : A Long-Term Three-Dimensional Morphometric Outcome Study in Patients with Unilateral Cleft

BACKGROUND: Primary rhinoplasty has not been universally adopted because the potential for nasal growth impairment remains an unsolved issue in cleft care. This study's purpose was to assess the long-term effects of primary rhinoplasty performed by a single surgeon in a cohort of patients with a unilateral cleft lip nose deformity.

METHODS: Three-dimensional nasal morphometric measurements (linear, angular, proportional, surface area, and volume) were collected from consecutive patients (cleft group, n = 52; mean age, 19 ± 1 year) who had undergone primary rhinoplasty with the use of the Noordhoff approach between 1995 and 2002 and reached skeletal maturity. Normal age-, sex-, and ethnicity-matched subjects (control group, n = 52) were identified for comparative analyses.

RESULTS: No significant differences (all p > 0.05) were observed for most measures, including nasal height, alar width, nasal dorsum angle, columellar angle, columellar-labial angle, nasal tip/height ratio, nasal index, alar width/intercanthal distance ratio, nasal surface area, and nasal volume. The cleft group displayed significantly (all p < 0.05) lower nasal bridge length and nasal tip projection, and greater nasal protrusion, tip/midline deviation, nasal tip angle, nasal tip protrusion width index, and alar width/mouth ratio values than the control group.

CONCLUSIONS: Primary rhinoplasty does not interfere with nasal growth as measured by three-dimensional photogrammetric analysis. Further imaging studies are required for the assessment of development in other anatomical nasal structures.

CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic, IV.

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CommentIn: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 May;145(5):1237-1238. - PMID 32332543

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:145

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Plastic and reconstructive surgery - 145(2020), 5 vom: 22. Mai, Seite 1223-1236

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Seo, Hyung Joon [VerfasserIn]
Denadai, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
Vamvanij, Natthacha [VerfasserIn]
Chinpaisarn, Chatchawarn [VerfasserIn]
Lo, Lun-Jou [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 22.07.2020

Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Print

CommentIn: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 May;145(5):1237-1238. - PMID 32332543

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1097/PRS.0000000000006744

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NLM309166918