Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Table of Contents CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2014; 47(03): 333-339DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.146587 Original Article Association of Plastic Surgeons of India Securing aesthetic outcomes for composite grafts to alar margin and columellar defects: A long term experience Authors Author Affiliations Rajeev B. Ahuja Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Lok Nayak Hospital and Associated Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India Rajat Gupta Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Lok Nayak Hospital and Associated Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India Pallab Chatterjee Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Lok Nayak Hospital and Associated Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India Prabhat Shrivastava Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Lok Nayak Hospital and Associated Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India Recommend Article Abstract Full Text PDF Download(opens in new window) KEY WORDS KEY WORDSAlar defect - columellar defect - composite grafts - nose defects References REFERENCES 1 Konig F. ZurDeckung von Defekten der Nasenfugel. Klin Wochenschr 1902; 7: 137-8 Quoted by Symonds FC, Crikelair GF. Auricular composite grafts in nasal reconstruction: A report of 36 cases. Plast Reconstr Surg 1966;37:433-7. 2 Joseph J. Nasenplastik. 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