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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 92-93 |
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Columellar scars in middle eastern patients are they exceptionally obvious?
Sami Al Harthy, Ahmed Al Arfaj
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Sami Al Harthy
King Abdulaziz University Jospital, P.O. Box 245 Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/1319-8491.274782
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Objective: To re-investigate the findings of previous researchers regarding columellar scars visibility results on Middle Eastern patients.
Method: Case analysis report and review of the medical literature on the said topic.
Subject: Eighty seven Middle Eastern patients who underwent primary open rhinoplasty and/or septorhinoplasty.
Results: Only 9 patients (10.3% of patients) considered their scar unsatisfactory and 2 patients (3. 4 %) considered as objective failure when assessed by another rhinoplastic surgeon.
Conclusion: This study concludes that columellar scars in Middle Eastern patients can be highly unnoticeable if optimum technique of wound closure will be used.
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