Current status of grafts and implants in rhinoplasty: part I. Autologous grafts.
OBJECTIVE
After reading this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Understand the challenges in restoring volume and structural integrity in rhinoplasty. 2. Identify the appropriate uses of various autografts in aesthetic and reconstructive rhinoplasty (septal cartilage, auricular cartilage, costal cartilage, calvarial and nasal bone, and olecranon process of the ulna). 3. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of each of these autografts.


CONCLUSIONS
This review specifically addresses the use of autologous grafts in rhinoplasty. Autologous materials remain the preferred graft material for use in rhinoplasty because of their high biocompatibility and low risk of infection and extrusion. However, these advantages should be counterbalanced with the concerns of donor-site morbidity, graft availability, and graft resorption.
Sajjadian
Ali
A
Pittsburgh, Pa. From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Rubinstein
Roee
R
Naghshineh
Nima
N
D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous