A successful 15-year experience in double-dome tip surgery via endonasal approach: nuances and pitfalls

Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2001 Jul-Sep;3(3):157-64. doi: 10.1001/archfaci.3.3.157.

Abstract

Background: Endonasal double-dome techniques provide a reliable method to approach the nasal tip.

Objectives: To review one surgeon's 15-year experience using a graduated method of endonasal double-dome tip surgery including patient selection, intraoperative techniques, and postoperative complications and to emphasize the nuances to achieve symmetry and consistent results.

Patients and methods: Three hundred eighty-six patients who had adequate follow-up after undergoing endonasal double-dome tip rhinoplasty.

Results: Results at 1 year showed high rates of supratip (94%), dome (96%), and nostril (88%) symmetry. There was a high rate of patient satisfaction with a low rate of revision (7%).

Conclusion: Endonasal double-dome tip surgery provides the surgeon the ability to achieve consistent results with high patient satisfaction and a low rate of revision.

MeSH terms

  • Esthetics / psychology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Rhinoplasty / methods*