Base Nasal Bone Resection versus Oblique Nasal Bone Resection: A Comparative Study of the Outcomes for the Deviated Nose.

[BACKGROUND] The aim of this study was to compare the techniques used for resection of the long side of the base and the top of the bone based on the patient's perspective, surgeon's approach, aesthetic results, complications, and need for secondary surgery in patients with asymmetric nasal bones. This study also aimed to determine the perspective of another plastic surgeon who did not perform rhinoplasty in comparison with the perspective of the primary plastic surgeon.

[METHODS] One hundred sixty-six patients with nasal bone asymmetry between 2010 and 2015 were included in this study. Patients were divided into two groups: group 1, those treated with wedge resection of the bony nasal pyramid from the base of the nasal bone; and group 2, those treated with an oblique hump resection. Three different plastic surgeons and plastic surgery nurses who had no information regarding the randomization, patients, and primary plastic surgeon evaluated the surgical results.

[RESULTS] The mean secondary surgery rate was significantly greater in group 2 than in group 1. The mean satisfaction ratio was significantly decreased with different plastic surgeons than with the primary plastic surgeon. Base nasal bone resection was more successful than oblique hump resection in patients with greater than or equal to 0.5-cm nasal bone asymmetry.

[CONCLUSIONS] Surgeons who did not perform the rhinoplasties can evaluate the results differently from the primary surgeon. Performing base bone resection may reduce the secondary surgery rate in patients with greater than or equal to 0.5-cm nasal bone asymmetry.

[CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE] Therapeutic, II.