title: Structure approach in rhinoplasty.
abstract: Over the past decade, rhinoplasty techniques have moved away from excisional methods and focused more on repositioning and restructuring existing tissues. These changes in surgical technique were made in part because of some of the untoward long-term complications noted in noses that were treated with excisional techniques. The incidence of many of these complications is greater in patients with certain nasal anatomy. It is the responsibility of the surgeon to identify these anatomic variants and make necessary adjustments in surgical technique to avoid complications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery (M/C 648), University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA. dtoriumi@uic.edu
authors.forename: Dean M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Toriumi
mesh_terms: D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D013536:Suture Techniques