Commentary on: Correction of cleft lip nose deformity with rib cartilage.

In their article, “Correction of Cleft Lip Nasal Deformity Using Rib Cartilage,” Hafezi et al present their preferred source of autologous graft material in the treatment of patients with cleft lip nasal deformities (CLND). They maintain that rib cartilage, harvested as recommended by Gunter et al,1 is superior to auricular cartilage (which they believe is convoluted) and to septal cartilage (which they believe is limited in amount). The authors report on a number of CLND patients they treated with rib cartilage grafts. They achieved …