Graft Including Osseous Tissue and Cartilage Tissue for Augmentation Rhinoplasty

Abstract

A graft for augmentation rhinoplasty, the graft including bone tissue and cartilage tissue, and a method of performing augmentation rhinoplasty by using the graft are disclosed. According to the disclosure, autologous tissue for augmentation rhinoplasty can be obtained in a sufficient amount to so that a nose can be uplifted to a desired height. In addition, rhinoplasy can be easily performed, resulting in a naturally-shaped nose. As the osseous tissue is grafted on the originally existing osseous tissue and cartilage tissue is grafted on the originally existing cartilage, the construction of the original anatomical structure of the nose can be allowed and there is an effect that there is no side effect such as a foreign body reaction.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A graft for augmentation rhinoplasty, the graft comprising:
 a first compartment consisting of isolated osseous tissue; and   a second compartment consisting of isolated cartilage tissue and connected with the first compartment through an osteocartilaginous junction.   
     
     
         2 . The graft of  claim 1 , wherein the graft is provided as a kit,
 wherein the kit additionally comprises, as a part of same tissue with the osseous tissue or the cartilage tissue included in the graft, a plurality of bone pieces or cartilage pieces.   
     
     
         3 . The graft of  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the graft or the bone pieces or the cartilage pieces included in the graft are prepared by culturing isolated bone cells and isolated chondrocytes in vitro or in vivo. 
     
     
         4 . The graft of  claim 1 , wherein a surface of the first compartment or the second compartment of the graft may be or may not be attached to at least one part of isolated mucoperiosteum and/or mucoperichondrium. 
     
     
         5 . The graft of  claim 1 , wherein the graft may be isolated from a nasal septum. 
     
     
         6 . The graft of  claim 1 , wherein the graft may be a nasal osteocartilaginous graft. 
     
     
         7 . The graft of  claim 1 , wherein the graft may be followed by the manufacture of each of the osseous tissue and the cartilage tissue, or the graft, to which osseous tissue and the cartilage tissue are coaptated, may be manufactured. 
     
     
         8 . The graft of  claim 1 , wherein the osseous tissue may include a part of the nasal bone. 
     
     
         9 . The graft of  claim 1 , wherein the cartilage tissue may include a part of the nasal septum cartilage, a part of the upper lateral nasal cartilage or a part of nasal bone. 
     
     
         10 . The graft of  claim 1 , wherein the cartilage tissue included in the second graft may include hyaline cartilage tissue.