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  • Title: Piggyback composite ear grafts in nasal ala reconstruction.
    Author: Cosman B.
    Journal: Ann Plast Surg; 1980 Oct; 5(4):293-7. PubMed ID: 6985508.
    Abstract:
    Two cases of nasal ala reconstruction are presented, documenting the feasibility of sequentially adding one cartilage-containing composite ear graft onto another in piggyback fashion. The junction between the composites is relatively unnoticeable. This technique enables one to fully correct a nasal defect that has been incompletely reconstructed using a single composite graft, thanks to a partial take or to shrinkage that has reduced the graft bulk more than was anticipated. Defects of a size greater than would be amenable to a single composite graft may be repaired by planned serial addition.
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