Specific features of secondary rhinoplasty.
The aim of the research was to investigate different techniques and different approaches in treating secondary rhinoplasty. 15 (13 female and 2 male) repeated operations on combined defects were performed. The age varied from 19-45 years. Patients were divided into three groups. The first group consisted of 7 patients with bone-cartilage-septal deformations; the second group--4 patients with bone-cartilage deformations; the third group--4 patients with cartilage-septal deformations. The result showed that every postoperative deformation must be analyzed in dialog with patient. It is not necessary to treat complex deformations separately. During surgical treatment it is possible to improve aesthetic and functional deformation simultaneously. Correction of difficult septal defects simplifies extracorporeal septoplasty.
Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery Clinic Caraps Medline, Tbilisi, Georgia.
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Matitashvili
D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D012225:Rhinoplasty