How durable is an autogenous dorsal rib graft for an overresected nose, once healing is complete? If, for example, you get elbowed in the face playing basketball or get into an accident resulting in trauma to the nose, would there be an appreciable risk of of the rib graft resorbing, warping, or becoming mobile or displaced? Would using a rib graft combined with k-wire mitigate any such risks, or does k-wire introduce its own set of problems by being a foreign body in the nose?
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