There are innumerable variations of the alar cartilage structural characteristics according to the race, genetic factors and individuals.
It is, thus, difficult to stereotype the alar cartilages according to ethnic origin, and the discriptions of anatomy of this part in the surgical literature as well as in the standard anatomical texts are often in disagreement.
Upon nasal tip plasty, however, visualization of the operative field is often incomplete and successful surgery must be aware not only of the different structures encountered, but of the precise relationship existing between these structures.
This investigation was undertaken to help fulfill the need of the fundamental anatomical structure of the Korean adult alar cartilages based on gross observation in 12 cadavor (24 aides) and the results are summerized as follows.
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