Inverted-V Nasal Deformity Reconstruction Rhinoplasty

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Written by Dr. Sean Younai Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon · Diplomate, American Board of Plastic Surgery · Fellow, American College of Surgeons

inn-img-45One of the most common complications of rhinoplasty in Los Angeles is an inverted-v deformity. Over resection of the upper lateral cartilages with collapse of the middle nasal vault can result in the loss of the outer or lateral nasal lines and the appearance of an inverted-v shape to the middle part of the nose on the front view.

Repair of an inverted-v deformity with a revision rhinoplasty usually requires use of spreader cartilage grafts in order to re-establish the lateral nasal lines.

A spreader graft is a pair of straight pieces of cartilage which are sutured on each side of the nasal septum to reinforce and to keep straight the nasal septum and the nasal bridge. A spreader graft will not only straighten the nose but will also open a narrow internal nasal valve, which will in effect open up the nasal airway. A spreader graft rhinoplasty is performed either via an open rhinoplasty or closed rhinoplasty approach.

About Dr. Sean Younai

Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon · Sean Younai, MD

Board certification
American Board of Plastic Surgery (verify)
Education and training
  • 1997 Plastic, Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship; Lahey-Hitchcock Clinic, MA
  • 1995 Microsurgery & Hand Surgery Fellowship; Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, P.A
  • 1994 Plastic Surgery Research Fellowship; Univ. of Southern California, LA, CA
  • 1993 General Surgery Residency; Univ. of California-SF, East Bay, CA
  • 1989 MD; UCLA School of Medicine, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1985 BS; Biochemistry, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA
Hospital affiliations
  • Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center, Tarzana, CA
  • Encino Hospital, Encino, CA
Memberships
  • American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • American Society of Laser Medicine & Surgery
  • The Wound Healing Society
  • American College of Surgeons, Fellow
  • American Medical Association
Awards
  • 1997 American Society of Aesthetic Surgery Presentation Award
  • 1995 Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Scholarship Essay Contest Award
  • 1995 Mercy Hospital Foundation Research Day Award
  • 1994 Am. College of Surgeons Presentation Award at the Annual Residents’ Day Meeting
  • 1987 Western Medical Student Research forum Award
  • 1986 National Research Fellowship Award
  • 1984 Art Night Exhibition Award at UCLA
  • 1983 Cover Design Award for the 2nd ISDC Immunology Congress
  • 1981 Phi Eta Sigma (Undergraduate Freshman Honors society)
NPI
1770694069
Offices
Encino · Glendale · Bakersfield · Irwindale · Lancaster

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