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Michele Pascali1, Pietro Gentile, Camilla Di Pasquali
1Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, University Of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Background:
The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate the efficacy of the use of auricular cartilage to treat aesthetic and functional deformities of patients who underwent secondary rhinoplasty o tertiary.
Methods:
From July 2005 to July 2014, 197 patients (144 women and 53 men) underwent rhinoplasty with the use of cartilage grafts. A total of 137 patients (70%) underwent secondary rhinoplasty, 60 patients (30%) underwent tertiary rhinoplasty. Patients in whom the Cottle maneuver was positive (108 patients, 55%) underwent a rhinomanometry test and responded to a simple questionnaire that reported on their nasal patency. Patients were evaluated at 6, 12, 24 months after surgery.
Results:
The results of this study revealed an effective correction of aesthetic deformities of patients and a significant improvement in airway patency in 108 patients with respiratory obstruction. No major complication was observed.
Conclusions:
The use of auricular cartilage graft is efficacy to solve aesthetic and functional remnants after an incorrect procedure, or primary or secondary.
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