Abstract
Background: Asians tend to have foreshortened noses with more increased nostril show. In recent years, the nasal septal cartilage has been widely used in caudal septal advancement and nasal tip projection in East Asian. However, a relatively small quantity of less firm nasal cartilage was observed in East Asians compared with Caucasians and very few articles have been found dealing with septal cartilage anatomy of Chinese. Objective: The length, height, area, and thickness of nasal septal cartilage in 10 eastern Chinese were studied to provide anatomic data for the septorhinoplasty or harvesting of cartilage graft. Methods: The septal cartilages in 10 adult cadavers were anatomized and measured for their length, height, area, and thickness. Results: The average length and height of septal cartilage were respectively 2.83±0.47 cm and 2.41±0.39 cm. The average area was 4.94±1.26 cm^2. The average thickness is 0.97±0.15 mm, with the greatest thickness in region b 1.14±0.26 mm, the least thickness in region e (0.83±0.22) mm and region a (0.81±0.27) mm. Conclusion: The findings of this study reinforce the principle of key differences existing in the anatomic data of the septal cartilage between Asians and Caucasians.
Highlights
The nasal septal cartilage has been widely used in caudal septal advancement and tip projection in East Asian [1, 2]
A relatively smaller quantity of and less firm nasal cartilage was observed in East Asians compared with Caucasians and very few articles have been found dealing with the length, height, area, and thickness of the septal cartilage of the Chinese
The excised septal cartilage was placed on grid paper; digital images were captured; the total area was calculated, along with the points of the greatest length and height
Summary
The nasal septal cartilage has been widely used in caudal septal advancement and tip projection in East Asian [1, 2]. A relatively smaller quantity of and less firm nasal cartilage was observed in East Asians compared with Caucasians and very few articles have been found dealing with the length, height, area, and thickness of the septal cartilage of the Chinese. The purpose of this study was to precisely measure the length, height, area, and thickness of nasal septal cartilages in a cadaver series from East China. A relatively small quantity of less firm nasal cartilage was observed in East Asians compared with Caucasians and very few articles have been found dealing with septal cartilage anatomy of Chinese. Objective: The length, height, area, and thickness of nasal septal cartilage in 10 eastern Chinese were studied to provide anatomic data for the septorhinoplasty or harvesting of cartilage graft.
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