The Preservation Rhinoplasty: A New Rhinoplasty Revolution

Rhinoplasty

Piezosurgery: A True Revolution for Nasal Bone Osteotomies in Rhinoplasty

1 BackGROund In line with the modern trend toward minimally invasive surgery, the use of ultrasonic waves for cutting bone has recently been introduced in oral and maxillofacial surgery. This generally results in no visible injury to the adjacent soft tissues from the generated micromovements.1,2 In rhinoplasty, the lateral osteotomy technique should not only be precise, reproducible, and safe ...

Rhinoplasty.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES After reading this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Discuss desired preoperative aesthetic and functional assessment of the postsurgical nose with rhinoplasty patients. 2. Identify factors that have the potential to affect procedural outcomes. 3. Develop an operative plan to address aesthetic goals while preserving/improving nasal airway function. 4. Recognize ...

Semi-open rhinoplasty: a new Maxillofacial technique

BACKGROUND Rhinoplasty "open" represents a surgical technique to access to the internal structures of the nose; it is an alternative to more traditional "closed" rhinoplasty. However, both these techniques have some advantages and some disadvantages. In this work the authors describe a case that shows the steps of a new surgical technique: the "semi-open" rhinoplasty. METHODS The "semi-open" ...

Hybrid rhinoplasty: beyond the dichotomy of rhinoplasty techniques

Although rhinoplasty and the development of facial aesthetic criteria can be traced to several millennia, contemporary techniques have passed through a rapid evolutionary process in the past century (1) (2). Although understanding human anatomy and the consequences of surgical excision occupied the minds of the founders of rhinoplasty, the process moved towards preservation of supporting struct...