Wong Brian J F, Friedman Oren, Hamilton Grant S
Division of Facial Plastic Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California Irvine, 1002 Health Sciences Road, Irvine, CA 92617, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, 1002 Health Sciences Road, Irvine, CA 92617, USA.
Facial Plastic Surgery, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 800 Walnut Street, 18th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2018 May;26(2):205-223. doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2017.12.006.
With the adoption of open structure techniques, rhinoplasty has become more reliant on the use of structural grafts to resist change that occurs over time owing to both gravity and the aging process. As surgical procedures have become more technically complex, the type of grafts use for both primary and secondary rhinoplasty have undergone significant evolution. This article provides a case approach focused on the use of structural grafting in rhinoplasty.