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How to carve alar batten grafts | Surgical Breathe Right Strip Surgery | Seattle Rhinoplasty Surgery

http://www.drlamperti.com Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon, Thomas Lamperti, MD, shows an intra-operative video showing how he carves two alar batten grafts in order to treat weak external nasal valves. Video transcript: "This is Seattle facial plastic surgeon, Dr. Thomas Lamperti. Today I'm here to talk to you about how to carve an alar batten graft. The first step is to carve a piece of cartilage off of the harvested septal cartilage in this case. We'll first trim the rough size that we want and then we'll begin to bevel the edges. The idea to is make sure that there are no sharp edges and so that the graft is hidden quite well in the external nasal valve area. People often wonder, and you're probably wondering, how do you decide what size to make the graft? And this is typically done real time during the case where I'll actually measure the size of the external nasal valve weakness in the patient. I'll then translate that into the actual dimensions of the graft that I'm making. You can see that I've moved on to carving the second graft creating a similar type of bevelled appearance. You can see how the graft are oval shaped to roughly translate to the area of the external nasal valve. Once I fine tune the edges and bevel some more -- you can see how we can shave the corners off of the graft and smooth and make the transition natural before inserting them. And in part 2 of our video series I'll show you how we insert these batten grafts. www.rhinoplastyinseattle.com" Dr. Thomas Lamperti is certified by both the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck surgery. He has devoted his career to treatments of the head, face and neck. He feels that by focusing his plastic surgery endeavors solely to the face he is best able to provide the excellent results his patients desire. He is an active member of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS.org) and the Washington Society of Facial Plastic Surgeons. For more information about Lamperti Facial Plastic Surgery or to set up a consultation please visit http://www.drlamperti.com or call (206) 505-1300.