Surgical Correction of Bifid Nose Due to Tessier’s No. 0 Cleft

Hiroki Shibayama, Takatoshi Yotsuyanagi, Tamotsu Saito, Ken Yamashita, Makoto Yamauchi, Tetsuya Suda

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fujisawa City Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan.
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sunagawa City Medical Center, Hokkaido, Japan.

DOI: 10.4236/mps.2014.41001                

Abstract

Bifid nose is a rare congenital abnormality and its surgical correction is difficult. We represent a case of bifid nose with mild nasal deformity without cerebral or lip deformity. We performed rhinoplasty with a kind of the forked flap at one year of age and the appearance improved.

Keywords

Bifid Nose; Rhinoplasty; Forked Flap; Tessier’s No. 0 Cleft

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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