Objectives: The Author will present his own way to manage almost the totality of primary rhinoplasty deformities via endonasal approaches without use of structural grafts.
Introduction: Currently, the vast majority of surgeons use external structural approach for their primary cases.
The intentional destabilisation of major and minor support structures of the nose lead to an almost compulsory use of reconstructive techniques and obligatory grafting. This has led to many patients receiving too much surgery for small problems. On the contrary, patients are moving towards less invasive procedures that request shorter operating times and, hence
Materials / method: Patients are moving towards less invasive procedures that request shorter operating times and, hence, reduced costs for patients.
Faced with such a rapidly changing trend in cosmetic surgery patients’ behaviours and considering the many potential problems with the external structural approach, it seems clear that rhinoplasty surgeons need to rethink this approach and include the endonasal techniques in their armamentarium of skills.
Results: A wide variety of approaches and techniques can be selected on the individual goals to be achieved: transcartilaginous, transcartilaginous extended, delivery, infracartilaginous, partial (“slot” incision) or complete; and mixed.
Regarding tip surgery, the endonasal rhinoplasty surgeon may select within a vast choice of non-structural techniques, including precise sculpturing of the nasal tip cartilages, tip cartilages suture, micrografting (autologous cartilage flakes or paste of septal cartilage) and gentle zonal defatting.
Conclusion: A vast array of endonasal approaches and techniques does provide the astute rhinoplasty surgeon with excellent technical tools to improve surfaces and contours of the nose. Deconstruction of the nose is not necessary in most primary cases. This obviates the need for structural reconstruction and shortens the operative time.
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