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the harvest of autologous costal cartilage is a problem. Patients who do not want a donor site scar and
older patients that may have extensive ossification of costal cartilage can be ideal candidates for the use of
homologous costal cartilage.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Conception of the study and performed data analysis and interpretation, involved in drafting and revising
the manuscript: Jang YJ
Performed data acquisition and drafting the manuscript: Zheng T

Availability of data and materials
Not applicable.

Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interest
Both authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
Not applicable.

Consent for publication
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