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This study attempts to evaluate the use of auricular cartilage for the treatment of nasal septal defects. A defect was made in the nasal septal cartilage in five rabbits and auricular cartilage grafted into the defect. The cartilage was microscopically examined 4 weeks later. The implanted cartilage was completely covered by ciliated columnar epithelium with minimal scar formation. Proliferation of the implanted cartilage and scattered ossification were observed. Seventeen patients with a nasal septal defect were treated by auricular cartilage implantation from April 1987 to through June 1992. Fifteen patients (88%) had relief of symptoms and showed complete closure of the defect with a follow-up period of 2 years. The results of this study suggest that auricular cartilage may be of value in the repair of a nasal septal defect.
Y G Min, and
Y K Kim, and
H S Kim
July 2012,
Zhonghua er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery,
Y G Min, and
Y K Kim, and
H S Kim
February 1968,
The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery,
Y G Min, and
Y K Kim, and
H S Kim
January 1982,
Otolaryngologia polska = The Polish otolaryngology,
Y G Min, and
Y K Kim, and
H S Kim
March 2021,
Annals of plastic surgery,
Y G Min, and
Y K Kim, and
H S Kim
March 2016,
Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India,
Y G Min, and
Y K Kim, and
H S Kim
December 2013,
Laryngo- rhino- otologie,
Y G Min, and
Y K Kim, and
H S Kim
December 2004,
The Laryngoscope,
Y G Min, and
Y K Kim, and
H S Kim
October 2006,
The Laryngoscope,
Y G Min, and
Y K Kim, and
H S Kim
January 1918,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine,
Y G Min, and
Y K Kim, and
H S Kim
January 2023,
The Journal of craniofacial surgery,
