Abstract
The quest for the ideal method for augmenting the nasal dorsum continues to be a matter
of debate, with both most surgeons and patients preferring autologous tissue. This
article reviews the current use of diced cartilage for nasal augmentation, emphasizing
the diced cartilage in fibrin glue (DCG) graft. It offers the first collation of unfavorable
outcomes and complications of the DCG graft seen in a series of 108 patients treated
at the author's institution. The DCG graft continues to be a versatile graft that
is stable over time and combines unique features. It has proved to be particularly
well suited for segmental augmentations of the dorsum. Resorption of the graft has
been rare and infrequent unfavorable outcomes have all been amenable to successful
minor surgical revisions.
Keywords
rhinoplasty - dorsal augmentation - diced cartilage - fibrin glue