Otolaryngology: Open Access
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Abstract

Objective: Rhinoplasty enhances facial harmony and the proportions of the nose. The ultimate goal of our research is to see the variation between two techniques of lateral osteotomies: low-to-low and low-to-high to weight out the advantages and disadvantages together with the patient fulfillment. Methods: It?s a retrospective cohort study containing 104 patients, all above 18 year old that had undergone rhinoplasty surgery with two different technique of lateral osteotomy. 70 patients where low-to-low along with 34 patients were low-to-high. All 104 patients had some sort of nasal deformity. Our research compared the ventral width, patient satisfaction in breathing as well as aesthetic pre and post-operatively. Results: As the statistical analysis showed the aesthetic calculations showed a significant variation in the results either from the patient satisfaction or the ventral width measurement with a P<.0001. 95.7% of the low-to-low group reached an ideal ventral width according to the Arabic nose values in contrast to the low-to-high group showed only 52.9%. Unlike the breathing result were unremarkable postoperatively P<.78. Conclusion: The aesthetic view of low-to-low group results showed a statistical significant difference almost reached the ideal measurements P<.0001. In the other hand Patient satisfaction in breathing and Quality of life improved in both groups equally.

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