Summary
The open rhinoplasty has been espoused by many of the young plastic surgeons of this
generation. The Dallas School of Rhinoplasty Surgery has elegantly demonstrated its
use.
The open rhinoplasty is far from new, but was particularly used for more complex repairs
of the nasal tip as, for example, in cleft lip and palate surgery. Whereas there is
nothing intrinsically wrong with an open rhinoplasty it is apt to be slower, often
requiring cartilage grafts, and has a wider exposure.
Patients considering rhinoplasty commonly ask whether the surgery is open or closed.
This presentation examines some of the features which the author has found useful
and also demonstrated to a number of trainees to make the closed rhinoplasty more
reliable and enhance the results, particularly in regard to infracture and tip refinement.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: July 12, 2013
Accepted:
May 25,
2013
Received:
December 17,
2012
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© 2013 British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
