Traumatic rhinoplasty in the non-Caucasian nose

Abstract

Traumatic injury resulting in nasal deformity poses unique challenges to the surgeon. Optimal management requires careful preoperative analysis and thoughtful surgical planning. The goals of rhinoplasty are to correct both cosmetic and functional problems that may not have otherwise been an issue prior to the injury. Although it is overly simplistic to group all individuals from one ethnicity as having one type of nose, the rhinoplasty surgeon must understand the common variations of nasal anatomy seen in various races of individuals. This article discusses ethnic anatomic differences in the non-Caucasian nose in the context of posttraumatic nasal deformity. The various rhinoplasty techniques and strategies to address these issues are reviewed.