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DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1775705
Open Rhinoplasty and Use of Modelling Wax Splint on Indian Patients
Summary
Learning and teaching of rhinoplasty by the ‘open’ method is becoming popular because of better exposure of the nasal skeleton than with the closed (endonasal) technique.
25 patients of rhinoplasty or septorhinoplasty done by this approach in the Plastic Surgery Department of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal have been retrospectively analysed to find out it's advantages and disadvantages, particularly in Indian patients. Primary or secondary open rhinoplasties were done for augmentation, reduction, correction of deviation or gross deformities and tip-plasty. Splints applied for all these cases post-operatively were made of dental modelling wax.
The open approach can be recommended on Indian patients also, for all rhinoplasties demanding excellent exposure, and the resulting scar is insignificant. The main advantage is precision in restructuring and the disadvantage is prolonged tip-oedema. Splint made of modelling wax is useful because it is cheap, light in weight and easy to mould.
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15. September 2023
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