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Figure 1. PRISMA flow sheet. NOSE, Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation; PRISMA, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses.

Table 1. Included Studies. a

MINORS Score

Location of Publication

Study

Sample, n

Techniques Used, n

Anari (2012) 14 Deroee (2011) 15

15 15

UK US

9

M-plasty

28

Alar batten graft stab approach, 12; alar batten graft marginal incision, 16

Egan (2005) 16 Gunel (2015) 17 Illhan (2015) 18 Islam (2008) 19

8

US

7

Alar batten graft/nasal stent

13 12 11 10 16 12 12 14 13 13 13 11 9

Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey

20 71 11 23 50 60 38 26 77 15 19 17 8

Functional rhinoplasty

Lateral crural repositioning

Autospreader graft Dorsal reconstruction

Kayabasoglu (2015) 20 Lavinsky-Wolff (2013) 21

Brazil

Functional rhinoplasty with and without turbinate reduction, 25 each

Lindsay (2013) 22 Most (2006) 23 Rhee (2005) 24 Roofe (2007) 25 Surowitz (2015) 26

US US US US US

Rhinoplasty

Spreader graft, 31; external valve suspension, 7

Septorhinoplasty Suspension suture Open rhinoplasty Lateral crural flap

Tan (2012) 27

Canada Turkey

Tastan (2011) 28 Yoo (2011) 29

Modified spreader graft

US

Autospreader graft

Abbreviations: MINORS, Methodological Index for Non-randomized Studies; NOSE, Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation. a The outcome measured for each study was the NOSE score.

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