Combining Preservation and Structural Rhinoplasty

Abstract

Structural preservation rhinoplasty (SPR) uses structural methods and dorsal preservation. SPR approaches include (1) dorsal preservation techniques coupled with structural approaches to the lower third/nasal tip complex; (2) use of structural methods to convert a nasal dorsum to a preservation candidate; (3) preservation ideology applied to structural tip pasty, emphasizing suture modification and limited resection; (4) minimization of the degree of soft tissue disruption at the middle vault and dorsum in preservation and structural cases; (5) modified dorsal preservation techniques in which some components of the nasal dorsum are treated with structural methodology while others are treated with preservation methods.

Keywords: Dorsal hump; Dorsal preservation; Structural preservation rhinoplasty.