Otolaryngology: Open Access
Open Access

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 lowto- 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<0.0001. 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<0.78. Conclusion: The aesthetic view of low-to-low group results showed a statistical significant difference almost reached the ideal measurements P<0.0001. On the other hand, patient satisfaction in breathing and quality of life improved in both groups equally.

Biography

Noran Sultan is a 6th year medical student at Umm Al-Qura University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Her research experience began with two ongoing researches. She participated in many campaigns locally within Kingdom of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.