Pathomorphologic Changes in the Autologous Auricular Cartilage Graft after Rhinoplasty

The autologous auricular cartilage is frequently used in septorhinoplasty surgery. Considering that rinoplasty is one of the most difficult surgical procedures the revision rate remains high. We examined the superfluous fragments of auricular cartilage grafts obtained during the revision surgery to asses their vitality and possible changes arising from graft survival in different environment. The pathomorphological and imunohistochemical methods were used.