Practicals · Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Craniofacial, cleft and paediatric plastic surgery
Costal cartilage harvest
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- perform independently (DrNB operative skills); PI - perform independently (NMC)
- Also called
- costochondral graft harvest
Videos and resources
- VideoRib Cartilage Harvest Technique To Reduce Pain and Complications1:20
- VideoRib Cartilage Grafting-Harvesting2:52
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Links point to material published by others; SolvedPGSS does not host it. Check any technique against your department's protocol before you use it on a patient.
Where the curriculum asks for it
“Harvest of costal cartilage.” ( NBEMS DrNB curriculum, page 21)
“Demonstrate harvest of tendon, bone, cartilage for grafts” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 8)