Partial Cost Cartilage Harvest for Rhinoplasty

To the Editor We read the article titled "Technique to Reduce Time, Pain, and Risk in Costal Cartilage Harvest" by Nelson and Gaball in a recent issue of JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery, and we watched with great interest the corresponding video for the article. The authors did well to demonstrate the bent blade used for decreasing the risk of pleural tear and the use of liposomal preparation of bupivacaine for eliminating postoperative donor-site pain. In this Letter, we would like to relate our experience and share a lesson in these perspectives that could be conducive for further application of these techniques.

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