Nasal tip numbness following rhinoplasty.
Inquiry into the sensory changes of the nasal tip following rhinoplasty in 75 patients showed that 65.3% experienced some degree of numbness of the nasal tip after operation. This included 29.3% who reported numbness as the only sensory change. The numbness lasted less than 3 months in 68.3% of the latter cases. Rhinoplasty involving tip reduction in particular was likely to result in postoperative numbness.
D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000294:innervation*; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*