15 Revision Septoplasty
10.1055/b-0035-121693 15 Revision Septoplasty The nasal septum is part of the medial nasal wall. It is composed anatomically of various bony and cartilaginous structures: the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid…
13 Sutures and Structural Grafts in Secondary Nasal Tip Surgery
10.1055/b-0035-121691 13 Sutures and Structural Grafts in Secondary Nasal Tip SurgeryJacqueline Eichhorn-Sens and Wolfgang Gubisch Aesthetic correction of the nasal tip is the most demanding aspect of a rhinoplasty. A…
16 Complexity of Events
10.1055/b-0035-121694 16 Complexity of Events The nose is a complex of anatomic structural elements invested by a fibroaponeurotic sheath (the superficial musculoaponeurotic system, SMAS), which binds the elements together and…
12 Lateral Osteotomies
10.1055/b-0035-121690 12 Lateral Osteotomies In 1898, Jacques Joseph described his technique for performing a lateral osteotomy with a saw. Later, in the 1920s, chisels and osteotomes became the instruments of…
9 Evaluation and Analysis
10.1055/b-0035-121687 9 Evaluation and Analysis 9.1 Visual Inspection Visual inspection of the patient is done to evaluate the face and external nose. Questions of overall assessment are paramount: Are there…
1 Revision Rhinoplasty—An Introduction
10.1055/b-0035-121679 1 Revision Rhinoplasty—An Introduction The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or…
11 Principles of Nasal Implantology
10.1055/b-0035-121689 11 Principles of Nasal Implantology The successful transplantation of autologous or allogeneic cartilage tissue is influenced by the following factors 1 , 2 : The type of cartilage tissue…
10 Tissue Replacement in the Nose
10.1055/b-0035-121688 10 Tissue Replacement in the Nose Three main types of graft material are used in revision rhinoplasties: autologous grafts, allografts, and alloplastic implants. 1 Autologous grafts are always preferred….
8 The Nose As an Aerodynamic Body
10.1055/b-0035-121686 8 The Nose As an Aerodynamic Body 8.1 The Physics of the Nose and the Patient′s Subjective Complaints The nose shares several aerodynamic properties in common with a turbine…
7 Identity and Aesthetics: Ethnic Aspects of Rhinoplasty
10.1055/b-0035-121685 7 Identity and Aesthetics: Ethnic Aspects of Rhinoplasty 7.1 The Mainstream and the Individual Where different cultures, religions, and ethnic groups converge in the metropolitan regions of the world,…
