A Case Approach to Open Structure Rhinoplasty

Book excerpt: Drs. Johnson and To present an innovative, case-based approach to open structure rhinoplasty. Over 950 high-quality, intraoperative photographs and detailed line drawings illustrate a full range of issues associated with the 80 primary and revision cases highlighted in the text. Coverage ranges from perioperative care and presurgical consultation...through techniques and instrumentation. The authors illustrate the decision-making process involved in each step of each patient's surgery, emphasizing the relationship between technique and result. Provides critical aesthetic analysis of a large number of patients and the results Highlights a wide range of surgical techniques and the decision-making process involved in deciding how and when to employ each manoeuver Emphasises an individualised approach to rhinoplasty specific to each patient's particular anatomy and expectations Offers an extensive review of cases with over 950 sharply detailed, high-quality intraoperative photographs to strengthen understanding of case-specific concepts and techniques Illustrates a broad range of techniques, including alar base reduction conchal cartilage harvest chin augmentation dorsal or frontal nasal augmentation with Gore-Tex the tripod-pedestal concept for the lower third of the nose spreader grafts, turn-in grafts, cartilage and mucosal preservation of the middle vault of the nose and many more Provides critical aesthetic analysis of a large number of patients and the results. Highlights a wide range of surgical techniques and the decision-making process involved in deciding how and when to employ each maneuver. Emphasizes an individualized approach to rhinoplasty specific to each patient's particular anatomy and expectations. Offers an extensive review of cases with over 950 sharply detailed, high-quality intraoperative photographs to strengthen understanding of case-specific concepts and techniques. Illustrates a broad range of techniques, including alar base reduction . conchal cartilage harvest . chin augmentation . dorsal or frontal nasal augmentation with Gore-Tex? . the tripod-pedestal concept for the lower third of the nose . spreader grafts, turn-in grafts, cartilage and mucosal preservation of the middle vault of the nose . and many more. Bound-in DVD includes two complete cases discussed in chapters 8 to 10 of the text, with commentary and endoscopic videography!