Costal Cartilage Considerations: Novel Use of Handheld Ultrasound Device in Rhinoplasty

Asher C Park; Dana M Hutchison; Karthik R Prasad; Kelly Hernandez; Katelyn K Dilley; David N Gedeon; Brian J-F Wong

doi:10.1002/lary.30760

Costal Cartilage Considerations: Novel Use of Handheld Ultrasound Device in Rhinoplasty

Laryngoscope. 2024 Feb;134(2):651-653. doi: 10.1002/lary.30760. Epub 2023 Jun 10.

Authors

Asher C Park^{1

2}, Dana M Hutchison², Karthik R Prasad³, Kelly Hernandez², Katelyn K Dilley², David N Gedeon⁴, Brian J-F Wong^{2

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
² Beckman Laser Institute, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
³ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology, University of California Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.

PMID: 37300433
DOI: 10.1002/lary.30760

Abstract

Handheld ultrasound devices can be used in revision rhinoplasty to evaluate the calcification of costal rib cartilage that is to be harvested for grafting. This article provides instructions on how to perform this technique. Laryngoscope, 134:651-653, 2024.

Keywords: calcification; cartilage; point-of-care ultrasonography; rhinoplasty; ultrasound.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Costal Cartilage* / transplantation
Humans
Reoperation / methods
Retrospective Studies
Rhinoplasty* / methods
Tissue and Organ Harvesting
Transplantation, Autologous