An "Open Roof Deformity" can occur after a rhinoplasty if the surgeon reduces the bone and cartilage along the bridge and inadequately repairs the defect. It can usually be repaired in one of several ways: 1) Re-breaking the bones. 2) Placement of new cartilage grafts (called Spreader Grafts). 3)... more
What is an open roof deformity?
Hello all, what is a roof deformity? I think I may have this problem pretty severely. I've read that seemingly quite a few problems can cause this, such as improper bone re-setting, shaving too much cartialge, etc.
What does this deformity usually look like? How would it be corrected depending on the problem? And also, generally what is going on with the cartilage/bone when a open roof occurs? Does it get worse with time? Thank yall very much!!!
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A: Open roof deformity
An open roof is difficult to describe without a model. Thin of an A-frame house. Now imagine removing a longitudinal piece of the peak of the roof. This would leave and "open roof" between the two opposing sides of the roof. To close it you would have to collapse the two remaining portions of... more
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