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What is a Graft and What is It Used for in Rhinoplasty?

I don't know what is meant when doctors talk about grafts...what are they and what are they used for in rhinoplasty?

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Grafts in rhinoplasty are natural tissues used to improve the nose

A graft is any tissue that is taken from the body to use in another area of the body of the same person or another person. When we talk about grafts in the nose, we are talking about cartilage, soft tissue (fat and fibrous tissue), or sometimes bone that is used to improve the structure and shape of the nose. Sometimes synthetic materials such as Silicone or Goretex are also used in the nose as implants. There are differences in the properties and uses of these materials. In general, the... more

Jason Litner, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Use of grafts in rhinoplasty

A graft is a piece of tissue from one portion of the body which is placed in another. The most common grafts used during rhinoplasty are comprised of cartilage, taken from the septum, ear, or rib. The general purpose of these grafts is to change the shape of the nose by altering the underlying bony/cartilaginous framework. Certain grafts, such as spreader grafts, can be used to widen or support the nasal airway, to improve breathing. Besides cartilage, grafts can also be made of soft... more

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Umang Mehta, MD

Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon

Grafts in Rhinoplasty

Grafts are pieces of your own tissue implanted for filler, shaping, support, or to replace a missing piece. In Rhinoplasty, grafts are most commonly bits of cartilage, often taken from the septum. The graft may be used for cosmetic shaping or for structural support to improve function (open the airway to help breathing).

Paul C. Zwiebel, MD

Denver Plastic Surgeon

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Grafting is a technique used in rhinoplasty

A graft is a piece of tissue used in rhinoplasty frequently. The purpose of the graft can be to correct irregularities, strengthen tissue or change shape. Grafts can be cartilage, bone, or soft tissue depending on the use.

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Robert Mounsey, MD

Toronto Facial Plastic Surgeon

What are nasal grafts?

A graft is any tissue taken from one place in the body and placed in another area. With Rhinoplasty most grafts are cartilage. Some are bone and rarely there are skin and mucosa. The cartilage can come from your septum or from your ear.

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Oakley Smith, MD

Toronto Facial Plastic Surgeon

Grafts in rhinoplasty

A graft is tissue that is taken from one part of the body and transplanted to another. Grafts can be made of almost anything - skin, fat, cartilage, bone. In rhinoplasty or nose surgery, a graft is used to add structure to the nose or to support the functional portions of a nose (to help you breathe). A simple way to view the nose is that most of the contours, the projections, and the size of a nose are formed by the underlying bone and cartilage. This is known as the... more

David Bogue, MD

Boca Raton Plastic Surgeon

Grafts are augmentation places inside of the nose to...

Grafts are augmentation places inside of the nose to either provide structural support or cosmetic contouring. Usually the grafts are cartilage obtained from either the nose itself, the ear, or the rib but can be synthetic including silicone and Medpor among other things. Grafts may also be bone taken from the skull for reconstruction of the bone of the nose. For patients who have experienced a traumatic injury to the nose or possibly disfigurement after cancer resection, a graft may be... more

D.J. Verret, MD

Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon

Defining a graft for use in nose job

A graft is typically a biologic piece of material (most commonly cartilage but it can be skin, muscle, bone or fascia) that is used to achieve a desired change of the nose depending on what is required. see video

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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Grafts used in rhinoplasty

Grafts refer to any cartilage or other substance added to the nose during rhinoplasty surgery. Most commonly they are composed of cartilage, from either the nasal septum or ear, but occasionally they can be from a rib or a cadaver cartilage, or an artificial substance (which can work great) such as GoreTex. These grafts can be used for purely cosmetic purposes, such as with a tip graft along the dorsum/profile, or for both cosmetic and functional purposes, such as with a columellar strut... more

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Jeffrey S. Epstein, MD

Miami Facial Plastic Surgeon

Grafts are tiny pieces of cartilage that are placed to achieve a particular purpose

A graft is a small piece of cartilage or other material that is placed within the nose. For example, if you want to build up the dorsum of the nose, you can fashion a dorsum graft which is a piece of cartilage that is placed to augment the dorsum of the nose. Other grafts can augment the radix or root of nose, cand camouflage concavities in the nasal bones and on and on.

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Raghu Athre, MD

Houston Facial Plastic Surgeon

Grafts in Rhinoplasty

Grafts are either a portion of your body (such as cartilage, bone, or soft tissue) or artificial material (such as silicone, Gore-tex, Medpore, etc) which serves to reshape the nose. Grafts can be used in a functional capacity or to reshape the nose. For more detailed information on grafts and their use in rhinoplasty see attached link.

Anil R. Shah, MD

Chicago Facial Plastic Surgeon

Grafts used in Rhinoplasty

There are a couple of categories of grafts. 1. Cartilage Ear Internal Nose Rib 2. Bone Skull Rib 3. Synthetic These grafts are used base what is available and what is needed to execute the rhinoplasty. Dr. ES

Earl Stephenson Jr., MD, DDS

Atlanta Plastic Surgeon

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Nasal grafting

Nasal grafting is taking cartilage and, occasionally, bone or soft tissue from another source on your body and placing it in the nose very precisely to change the shape. A graft is moving tissue from one place to another. Best, Tal Raine MD

Talmage J. Raine, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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The MEANING of Nasal GRAFT

A Graft is not unique to surgery it is much more commonly used in gardening to create stronger trees or hybrids by introducing one plant whose characteristics a gardener like with another. In Surgery a graft may be defined as "piece of body tissue that is surgically removed and then transplanted or implanted to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect". Accordingly, we we use skin, bone and cartilage as grafts in many applications and situations. In nose... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon

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Nasal grafts for rhinoplasty

Nasal graft usually refers to a piece of cartilage, bone or some other tissue that is used during rhinoplasty. Typically this is patient's own cartilage, but can be banked tissue as well. It is used for either structural and functional reasons, or for aesthetic reasons to achieve a particular nasal appearance. As you probably have learned by now rhinoplasty is one of the more difficult procedures for a surgeon to master. The decision to use a nasal graft when... more

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Boris M. Ackerman, MD

Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon

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Rhinoplasty | Grafts

Good question. A graft is used to add structure to the nose, often to build up the dorsum (bridge) or the tip. Grafts can be from your own tissue (nasal, ear, or rib), a synthetic implant, or even from a cadaver source. Using grafts in rhinoplasty and revision-rhinoplasty is very common.

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David Mabrie, MD

Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon

Rhinoplasty grafting

A graft is a piece of your tissue that is moved from one area to another location. Most commonly during a rhinoplasty a portion of unessential cartilage is removed from your septum and used to add support to the tip, open your airway, or help to alter the shape of your nose. Because it is your own tissue, there is no risk of rejection.

Randy J. Buckspan, MD

Austin Plastic Surgeon

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Cartilage grafts in rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty is a popular and effective surgery to recontour the shape of your nose. There are multiple techniques that a surgeon can use in rhinoplasty to contour and improve the definition of your nose. If the surgeon needs to build up or reinforce the area of your nose, they may choose to use a cartilage graft. This is a small piece of cartilage that was taken either from your septum, the cartilage in your ear, or even a portion of your rib. These cartilage grafts can improve the... more

B. Pat Pazmino, MD

Miami Plastic Surgeon

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Grafts in rhinoplasty

A graft is a piece of tissue that is transplanted from one location to the other in the body. We often use cartilage grafts in rhinoplasty ( and less frequently soft tissue or bone grafts) to add structure and support which makes the nose look and function better.

Jason B. Diamond, MD

Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Graft is tissue moved from one part of body to another

In rhinoplasty grafts are most commonly cartilage taken from the nasal septum, ear, or rib. These grafts are used to strengthen, restructure, camouflage, or re-orient certain areas of the nose.

David W. Kim, MD

Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon

Grafts used for a rhinoplasty

Nasal grafts are usually done using cartilage from the nasal septum or behind the ear, rarely bone from the skull, rib or the pelvis. Foreign materials such as silicone can also be used, but these are usually termed implants, rather than grafts. Cartilage grafts are most often used to straighten a nose or to repair poor results during revision surgery.

Howard T. Bellin, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

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Graf

Simply stated, a graft is a support structure placed underneath the skin of the nose to straighten, strengthen, or rebuild the cartilage framework. A graft usually refers to the patient's own tissue (autologous) but it can refer to synthetic (alloplastic )material such as solid silicone, medpor, Gortex, etc. Most rhinoplasty surgeons prefer to use the patient's own septal cartilage for grafts, which is borrowed from the central portion of the nasal septum. For revision rhinoplasty in which... more

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C. Spencer Cochran, MD

Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon

Grafts usually refer to pieces of cartilage that can be...

Grafts usually refer to pieces of cartilage that can be taken from inside the nose( the septum) form the ear, or even from the rib to be used for camouflage or projection deficiencies such as on the dorsum of the nose or the tip. These are mainly used for aesthetic improvement but can be used for functional problems such as for breathing disorders.

Steven Wallach, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

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A graft is a piece of cartilage taken from within the...

A graft is a piece of cartilage taken from within the nose or behind the ear. It is used to build up the nose for structural integrity, improve breathing or to enhance the appearance of the nose. Cartilage from the nose is the preferable graft.

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