Postoperative Care, Complications, and Unsatisfactory Results in Rhinoplasty

Abstract

Postoperative care should be well known to the patient before the day of surgery. Also the most common postoperative problems, such as nasal congestion, minor bleeding, or pain, should be mentioned and discussed during the preoperative visits. In the discipline of BOR, this information must also be given in writing.

Postoperative complications can be divided in the following main groups:

• Hemorrhage.

• Infection.

• Persistent structural nasal obstruction.

• Septal problems.

• Visible external deformities.

• Skin and soft tissue envelope problems.

The prevention of all sorts of complications starts at the first minute of the first visit, when we investigate the patient’s general state of health, and continue throughout the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of the clinical case.

The management of complications need informed, honest, and prompt cooperation between the patient and surgeon.