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Rhinoplasty, Supratip Deformity: Workup

Author: Gregory A Buford, MD, FACS, Medical Director, Body by Buford
Coauthor(s): Armand R Lucas, MD, Attending Plastic Surgeon, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Dean Fardo, MD, Associate Staff, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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Updated: Aug 28, 2008

Workup

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References

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Further Reading

Keywords

rhinoplasty, revision rhinoplasty, rhinoplasty revision, supratip deformity, supratip rhinoplasty, polly beak deformity, parrot beak deformity, supratip prominence, supratip protrusion, rhinoplasty surgery, rhinoplasty plastic surgery, nose surgery, nasal surgery

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Gregory A Buford, MD, FACS, Medical Director, Body by Buford
Gregory A Buford, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Medical Student Association/Foundation, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and Colorado Medical Society
Disclosure: Dermik Aesthetics Honoraria Speaker/National Trainer; Allergan Honoraria Speaker/National Trainer; Medicis Honoraria Speaker/National Trainer; Sound Surgical Technologies Honoraria Speaker/National Trainer; Kinetic Concepts International Honoraria Speaker/National Trainer

Coauthor(s)

Armand R Lucas, MD, Attending Plastic Surgeon, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Armand R Lucas, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Dean Fardo, MD, Associate Staff, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Dean Fardo, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Frederick J Menick, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine; Private Practice in Tucson, Arizona
Frederick J Menick, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons
Disclosure: none None None

Pharmacy Editor

Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Managing Editor

George Peck, Jr, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Plastic Surgery, St Barnabas Hospital of New Jersey
George Peck, Jr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

CME Editor

Nicolas (Nick) G Slenkovich, MD, Practice Director, Colorado Plastic Surgery Center at Swedish Medical Center
Nicolas (Nick) G Slenkovich, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Medical Association, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and Colorado Medical Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Deepak Narayan, MD, FRCS, Associate Professor of Surgery (Plastic), Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Plastic Surgery, West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Deepak Narayan, MD, FRCS is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Indian Medical Association, Plastic Surgery Research Council, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and Royal College of Surgeons of England
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

 
 
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