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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2015; 48(03): 327-328
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.173146
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Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Ossified costal cartilage during rhinoplasty: A surgical dilemma

Kapil S. Agrawal
Department of Plastic Surgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Raghav Shrotriya
Department of Plastic Surgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Dr. Kapil S. Agrawal
Department of Plastic Surgery
Gynec. Wing, 2nd Floor, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012, Maharashtra
India   

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26 August 2019 (online)

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Address for correspondence:

Dr. Kapil S. Agrawal
Department of Plastic Surgery
Gynec. Wing, 2nd Floor, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012, Maharashtra
India   

  • REFERENCES

  • 1 King JB. Calcification of the costal cartilage. Brit J Radiol 1939; 12: 2-12
    CrossrefGoogle Scholar
  • 2 Kampen WU, Claassen H, Kirsoh T. Mineralization and osteogenesis in the human first rib cartilage. Ann Anat 1995; 177: 171-7
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 3 Rhomberg W, Schuster A. Premature calcifications of costal cartilages: A new perspective. Radiol Res Pract 2014; 2014: 523405
    PubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 4 Balaji SM. Costal cartilage nasal augmentation rhinoplasty: Study on warping. Ann Maxillofac Surg 2013; 3: 20-4
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar
  • 5 Lau AG, Kindig MW, Kent RW. Morphology, distribution, mineral density and volume fraction of human calcified costal cartilage. Acta Biomater 2011; 7: 1202-9
    CrossrefPubMedGoogle Scholar

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