Abstract
Background
This study was performed to identify a safe method for filler injection to prevent blood vessel damage, by means of checking the location and depth of the blood vessels on the midline of the nose using Doppler ultrasonographic imaging.
Methods
Ultrasonographic images of the nasal areas of patients for filler injection rhinoplasty were reviewed. The location and depth of the dorsal nasal arteries and the intercanthal vein in each part on the midline of the nose were checked.
Results
The intercanthal vein was detected in the midline of the radix in 22 patients and the midline of the rhinion region in two patients. There were no patients in whom the intercanthal vein was observed in the midline of the supratip region. The dorsal nasal artery was detected in the rhinion region in six patients and in the supratip region in two patients. There were no patients in whom the dorsal nasal artery was observed in the midline of the radix. The dorsal nasal artery was located within 1.2 mm from the perichondrium or periosteum in three patients in whom it was detected in the rhinion.
Conclusions
When performing dorsal augmentation, the injection of filler into the preperiosteal layer in the rhinion region should be avoided for the prevention of vascular embolism. During dorsal augmentation in patients with a nasal hump, the filler can be injected into the preperiosteal space in the radix by introducing a needle perpendicular to the periosteum from the skin.
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11 June 2021
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-021-02408-y
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Moon, HJ., Lee, W., Do Kim, H. et al. Doppler Ultrasonographic Anatomy of the Midline Nasal Dorsum. Aesth Plast Surg 45, 1178–1183 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-020-02025-1
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