Resumen

Objectives: For Non-US users: to demonstrate the potential value of using ultrasound as a risk mitigation strategy of aesthetic complications including VOs and blindness, and also to demonstrate how pre-scanning can also potentially improve aesthetics outcome for our patients. For US users: I will provide a practical imaging sequence that can potentially improve accuracy of scanning, and provide summary of the best up to date research data that can help us interpret our findings and translate them into sound clinical decision. Introduction: Most filler-induced blindness cases been associated with NSR, although the subject of using ultrasound has been controversial, I will discuss and demonstrate an imaging sequence that can be utilised to assess the nose in an effective way that potentially can delineate the delicate anatomy and blood supply of the nose. Materials / method: The complex anatomy of the nose and its blood supply has been the subject of many publications, I have attempted to summarise these findings and demonstrate their appearance on ultrasound. I will cover as well the range of complications and how to assess/treat them with the use of US, including vascular compression and occlusion.