Márquez CJE, Cedeño MA

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: rhinoplasty is the most difficult of cosmetic surgery; the surgeon requires a maximum of sensitivity. Due to his blind procedure and touch ,as well as, threedimensional concept, it is a simple but difficult procedure to learn and teach, which represents approximately 7% of all service operations, as an yearly average over the past 10 years. It is therefore a challenge to our specialists, in their persistent search for the hidden beauty.
Objective: to determine the behavior of some aspects of interest in aesthetic rhinoplasty.
Methods: a descriptive retrospective study was conducted during the years 2006-2013 on rhinoplasty in 98 adolescents with nasal defects in variants of negroid, Caucasian, high nose and rhinomegaly in general. The modifications applied to conventional techniques were performed.
Results: the cosmetic operations predominated in 50% of patients, followed by reconstructive and finally the negroid nose.
Conclusions: in the Service of Cosmetic Surgery, the trend to aesthetic rhinoplasty has increased , considering that this surgical intervention was rare, and this increased due to the good results that have been experienced in the recent years , with a minimum of complication.