Lateral Crural Steal With Columellar Strut Graft in Primary Open Rhinoplasty
NCT ID: NCT07317947
Last Updated: 2026-01-09
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
22 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2026-01-05
2027-02-28
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Projection, rotation, and definition are key aspects to be controlled and achieved in the nasal tip surgery. Preservation of natural tip support is a fundamental requirement of a successful rhinoplasty.
Although excisional techniques can produce reductions in lobular width, long-term contour alterations are unpredictable and subject to stigmatic tip deformity. As a consequence, aggressive excision-based techniques are increasingly recognized as haphazard, unpredictable, and disproportionately prone to undesirable postoperative contour deformities.
The lateral crural steal (LCS) is a tissue-conservative technique of nasal tip refinement through relocation of domal apices. Hence, modifying nasal tip projection and rotation. However, the long-term stability of tip position with LCS alone can be variable. To enhance support and long-term maintenance of tip projection, a columellar strut graft -placed between the medial crura- acts as a central scaffold, unifying the nasal tip and helping to control the final nasal tip position.
The lateral crural steal technique alone can achieve improvements in nasal tip projection and rotation, but with weak medial crura, it can twist or compress down the medial crura, which will result in loss of tip height. So, in the technique being studied, combining the LCS with a columellar strut graft can provide both dynamic and static support to the nasal tip.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Primary Open Rhinoplasty
Lateral crural steal with columellar strut graft will be done in patients undergoing Primary Open Rhinoplasty
Lateral crural steal with columellar strut graft in Primary Open Rhinoplasty
Patients undergo primary open rhinoplasty under general anesthesia. After local infiltration, an open approach is performed using an inverted-V transcolumellar incision with bilateral marginal incisions. The skin-soft tissue envelope is elevated in the supra-perichondrial plane. Dorsal deformities are corrected and septoplasty is performed with cartilage harvest. Vestibular skin is undermined and cephalic trimming of the lateral crura is carried out. Lateral crural steal is performed by advancing the medial end of the lateral crus 3-5 mm medially using transdomal sutures after defining the new dome position. A fixed columellar strut graft is inserted between the medial crura and secured to provide central tip support. Interdomal sutures are placed. No additional projection-enhancing grafts are used. Incisions are closed and internal and external nasal splints are applied.
Interventions
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Lateral crural steal with columellar strut graft in Primary Open Rhinoplasty
Patients undergo primary open rhinoplasty under general anesthesia. After local infiltration, an open approach is performed using an inverted-V transcolumellar incision with bilateral marginal incisions. The skin-soft tissue envelope is elevated in the supra-perichondrial plane. Dorsal deformities are corrected and septoplasty is performed with cartilage harvest. Vestibular skin is undermined and cephalic trimming of the lateral crura is carried out. Lateral crural steal is performed by advancing the medial end of the lateral crus 3-5 mm medially using transdomal sutures after defining the new dome position. A fixed columellar strut graft is inserted between the medial crura and secured to provide central tip support. Interdomal sutures are placed. No additional projection-enhancing grafts are used. Incisions are closed and internal and external nasal splints are applied.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Presence of inadequate nasal tip projection and/or rotation suitable for correction using lateral crural steal with columellar strut graft.
* Ability to provide written informed consent and comply with follow-up visits.
Exclusion Criteria
* History of severe nasal trauma, altering cartilage architecture.
* Significant functional nasal obstruction requiring complex external nasal valve reconstruction.
* Patients with excessively wide alar base requiring alar base reduction involving vestibular sill excision (to prevent confounding on projection/rotation).
* Patients with facial skeletal or developmental abnormalities e.g. maxillary hypoplasia, maxillary prognathism, dentofacial deformities.
* Patients with psychiatric illness or Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
* Significant medical comorbidities contraindicating elective surgery or general anesthesia.
* Inability to provide informed consent or comply with follow-up.
18 Years
60 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Kafrelsheikh University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Ahmed Elsaeed Habib
Plastic Surgery Resident
Principal Investigators
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Safwat Adel Hegazy
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Kafrelsheikh University
Khaled Ahmed Ismail
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Kafrelsheikh University
Locations
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Kafrelsheikh University Hospital
Kafr ash Shaykh, , Egypt
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Apaydin F, Akyildiz S, Hecht DA, Toriumi DM. Rhinobase: a comprehensive database, facial analysis, and picture-archiving software for rhinoplasty. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2009 May-Jun;11(3):209-11. doi: 10.1001/archfacial.2009.35. No abstract available.
Cetiner H. The Effect of Anchoring the Columellar Strut Graft to the Lateral Crural Steal Suture in Patients With a Low Nasal Tip: A New Technique. J Craniofac Surg. 2019 Mar/Apr;30(2):437-441. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000005110.
Davis RE. Lateral crural tensioning for refinement of the wide and underprojected nasal tip: rethinking the lateral crural steal. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2015 Feb;23(1):23-53. doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2014.09.003.
Kridel RW, Konior RJ, Shumrick KA, Wright WK. Advances in nasal tip surgery. The lateral crural steal. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1989 Oct;115(10):1206-12. doi: 10.1001/archotol.1989.01860340060018.
Sepehr A, Alexander AJ, Chauhan N, Chan H, Adamson PA. Cephalic positioning of the lateral crura: implications for nasal tip-plasty. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2010 Nov-Dec;12(6):379-84. doi: 10.1001/archfacial.2010.87.
Toriumi DM. New concepts in nasal tip contouring. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2006 May-Jun;8(3):156-85. doi: 10.1001/archfaci.8.3.156.
Westreich RW, Lawson W. The tripod theory of nasal tip support revisited: the cantilevered spring model. Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2008 May-Jun;10(3):170-9. doi: 10.1001/archfaci.10.3.170.
Moubayed SP, Abou Chacra Z, Kridel RW, Ahmarani C, Rahal A. Precise anatomical study of rhinoplasty: description of a novel method and application to the lateral crural steal. JAMA Facial Plast Surg. 2014 Jan-Feb;16(1):25-30. doi: 10.1001/jamafacial.2013.1416.
Other Identifiers
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KFSIRB200-725
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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