Background and objective.

In order to know our problems after primary rhinoplasty and our percentage of revisions, we studied the cases operated during 3 years in our outpatient Aesthetic Surgery Center. In our opinion, revision rhinoplasty is a complex issue with few reports in the international literature.

Methods:

A retrospective study was conducted in a 3 year period (2015-2017) studying the proportion of primary closed rhinoplasty, the revisions made, and also the nasal areas affected. The 4 most frequent aesthetic subunits of review were identified: cartilaginous dorsum, bone humps, nasal tip and alar areas and nasal deviations. All revisions were performed using closed rhinoplasty techniques, local anesthesia and a limited dissection to the affected area.

Results.

In that period, 183 primary rhinoplasties were performed and 15 revisions were carried out, which means a percentage of 8.19%. The most frequent areas were the nasal tip and the lateral alar areas.

Conclusions.

In our experience, the percentage of revisions was comparable to other reports about revisions in open and close rhinoplasties, considering the increased popularity of the open rhinoplasty.

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