Doberman's Ear Tip Plasty

Abstract

The techniques of nasal-tip correction include preservation of an intact caudal segment of cartilage as a complete strip and vertical interruption of the cartilaginous arch, with or without preservation of the underlying vestibular skin, as an interrupted strip. This technique can be performed with either the nondelivery (transcartilaginous, retrograde) or the delivery approach. The “Doberman's ear” technique has both the advantages of the complete strip technique with the delivery approach and the suture stabilization of the columellar pillar as in the Goldman tip, preserving the underlying vestibular skin as in the “butterfly” (Ponti) operation.