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A modified alar cinch suture technique
European Journal of Plastic Surgery, 08/05/09

Rauso R et al. – Widening of the alar base following total maxillary osteotomy is a well–known phenomenon. This change in the nasal morphology can compromise the facial aesthetics of the patient. Alar cinching through the vestibular incision used for maxillary osteotomy appears to be a simple and convenient means to narrow the alar base.

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Raffaele Rauso, 08/05/09

....... The technique described by the authors is performed with a straight needle that, passing through 2 pre-marked skin points, let the surgeon to perform the alar cinching through the vestibolar incision controlling the narrowing of the skin points too.

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