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Full- and Semi-open Rhinoplasty

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A rhinoplasty with or without a transcolumellar incision will give increased exposure of the structure shaping cartilages and bones. It is important to realize that such an “open rhinoplasty” is just another access technique by which a more precise reshaping of the nose may be performed than with the closed technique as developed by Joseph in 1931 [1].

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

    H. Holmstrom MD

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  1. Dept. of Plastic Surgery, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Nicolò Scuderi

  2. University of California- San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Bryant A. Toth

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Holmstrom, H. (2016). Full- and Semi-open Rhinoplasty. In: Scuderi, N., Toth, B. (eds) International Textbook of Aesthetic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46599-8_45

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