Practicals · Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Aesthetic surgery and medicine
Measurement of inter-alar distance
- Type
- Clinical examination
- Curriculum level
- PI - perform independently (NMC)
- Also called
- alar base width
Videos and resources
- PageFigure 1 - from Inter-Canthal and Inter Alar Distance as aacademia.edu
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Measure the Intercanthal distance, Palpebral fissure length, Inter-alar distance, Commissure length” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 10)