JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, vol.24, no.3, pp.1002-1006, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: The long nose with an inferiorly rotated tip commonly results from a discrepancy between tip support and the downward forces of long septum, long upper lateral cartilage, and elongated lower lateral cartilage. Although many techniques have been described for surgical correction, very few studies were designed to include patient-reported outcomes.