- Incisions
- Hump removal
- Nasal septum
- Tip narrowing
- The nasal bones
- Splint
- Tip support
- Shorten the nose
- The nasal spine
- Revision surgery
- The nasion
- Odd cartilages
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Rhinoplasty tutorial >> Hump removal >> page 7
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But we were talking
about removing the hump, weren't we? When the cartilaginous hump is taken
off, what are we actually removing? Above right, we have carved off the
hump, and raised it above the rest of the
diagrammatic nose (blue arrow). We are removing part of the upper lateral
cartilages and part of the septum (septum is in pink above).
Also, note that once the hump is removed, when we look at the nose, we should be able to see the top cut edge of the septum all along the dorsum of the nose (green arrow), as well as the top cut edges of the right and left upper lateral cartilages along the dorsum of the nose (black arrows). |
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Here is a nose that has
just had its cartilage hump removed. Just like in the diagram at the top
of this page, we
can see the top cut edge of the septum (pink above right), and the cut edges of the upper
lateral cartilages (blue). The lower lateral cartilages, also called the
tip cartilages, are colored green in the diagram.
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In this picture I'm
pulling the lower lateral cartilages to the sides so you can more easily see the
top of the septum (pink) and the top cut edges of the upper lateral cartilages
(blue).
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