Guillermina RamÃrez Orozco
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico
Title: Strategies for a successful rhinoplasty
Biography
Biography: Guillermina RamÃrez Orozco
Abstract
Rhinoplasty is one of the most common procedures in facial surgery, and due to the delicate and complicated structure of the nose, it is also among the most difficult to carry out successfully. It involves a precise balance between shaping cartilage, bone, and soft tissue. However, those are not the only factors that affect the final result and even the convalescence of a patient.
The surgical team organization, anesthesia and the methods used to handle all the tissues involved during the procedure are critical to the outcome. Post-surgery, the healing and tissue contracture may persist for up to a year (some authors would even say two years).
Since the nose is the most prominent feature of the face, the skills and experience of the surgeon are extremely important in achieving success. Both the novice surgeon as well as the more experienced one, must take care of key aspects of the surgery to successfully achieve both the functional and aesthetic objectives for the patient.
Each case has its own challenges and requires a careful evaluation of the deformity preoperatively, and a clear understanding of the techniques available and most appropriate for correction. Every surgical operation is prone to complications. The only way to avoid the risk of such complications would be to not operate in the first place. A successful surgery requires a sequenced plan of action, together with a meticulous, uncompromising execution of the whole surgical event that gives protection to the surgical event.