Nose Surgery

Nose Surgery (Rhinoplasty)

Rhinoplasty (Greek: Rhinos, "Nose" + Plassein, "to shape") is a surgical procedure which is usually performed by either an otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon, maxillofacial surgeon, or plastic surgeon in order to improve the function (reconstructive surgery) and/or the appearance (cosmetic surgery) of a human nose. Rhinoplasty is also commonly called a "nose reshaping" or "nose job". Rhinoplasty can be performed to meet aesthetic goals or for reconstructive purposes to correct trauma, birth defects or breathing problems. It can be combined with other surgical procedures such as chin augmentation to enhance the aesthetic results.

Risks and/or complications related to Nose Surgery

As all other surgeries the nose surgery is also having it`s own risks, benefits and complications. The common cause of complications of various types of surgeries can be anesthesia. Keep on reading if you want to know most common post-anesthetic complications of nose surgery.

1. Early complication of anesthesia can be vomiting. Sometimes chest complications can be seen after the anesthesia.
2. Most common chest complications can be atelectasis, bronchopneumonia, bronchitis and lung abscess.
3. In rare cases thrombosis of leg veins is seen. Cases of thrombosis can be minimized by taking proper care after the surgery. Inadequate ventilation during the anesthesia can cause carbon dioxide retention.
4. Some anesthetic agents can cause delayed toxic effects.

he most common complication of any type of surgical procedure is infection. The infections can be prevented if antibiotics are injected before and after the surgery. Almost every one complains of swelling, pigmentation and redness in the post operative period. Swelling disappears after couple of days. The surgeon who is going to perform the operation should be reputated and qualified. You can find a list of qualified surgeons on the website of American association of plastic surgeons.

The cost of surgery depends on the state of your residence. You have to pay separately for the hospital facilities and diagnostic tests. The risks and complication of the rhinoplasty procedure are minimum if proper care is take before and after the surgery. Before taking any decision you should visit your friends and relatives who had gone under the nose surgery.

How Does Rhinoplasty Surgery Work

Rhinoplasty (nose surgery) is one of the most requested cosmetic procedures in plastic surgery. The prominence of the nose makes the need for any rhinoplasty surgery to be very precise. Good results in rhinoplasty are dependent upon an understanding of the complex anatomy that makes up the nose. Rhinoplasty surgery changes the shape of the support framework which is then revealed through the overlying skin.

Think of your nose as a house. The shingles are the overlying skin, the framework and timbers are the cartilage and bone, and the drywall the nasal lining. The septum supports the highest roof angle of the nose. (cartilage) Everyone's nose is different due to variations in the framework structure and the thickness of the skin that overlies it. As plastic surgeons we think of the nose as 4 areas, the upper 1/3 which is bone, the middle 1/3 known as the middle vault which is all cartilage which is straight, and the lower 1/3 or the tip of the nose which is a combination of scroll-shaped cartilages that come together over the septum and is what gives everyone their unique tip shape. The skin is the fourth and final component which can be think or thin, masking or revealing the udnerlying framework.

When we alter the nose we are changing the way the framework (bone and cartilage) is joined together and is shaped. Many structures can be altered to effect an outer appearance change such as dropping down the roofline (getting rid of that hump), makes the upper nose less wide by moving in the lower bone walls, refining the tip by rescuplting tyhe shape of its scrolled cartilages, or even making the roofline higher by adding implants or cartilage to it.

Due to the complexity of how all of these framework structures come together, most rhinoplasties today are done 'open'. While open rhinoplasty used to be controversial, it is now the most common way rhinoplasty surgery is performed today. An aopen approach simply means that the skin is lifted off of your nose over the tip so its anatomy can be directly seen. You can always shape better what you see better. This results in a nearly invisible scar at the middle of the strip of skin between the nostrils. (known as the columella) This small scar is insignificant given the benefits of getting a better rhinoplasty result!

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