The Outcomes of Dome Cut in Rhinoplasty versus Alternative Methods in Patients with Various Nasal Tip Deformities

Background: There were several techniques for reconstruction of nasal tip cartilage. Dome cut is a technique that has recently proposed for nasal tip projection, this method is recently concern regarding its efficacy. Aim: This study was performed to determine the outcomes of rhinoplasty with dome cut vs. alternative methods in patients with various nasal tip deformities. Methods: A retrospective review from 36 cases was conducted. Patients were selected from a computerized rhinoplasty database of operative cases. The database was used to extract a subset population that had received the dome cut procedure and had follow-up data for 6 months or more after surgery. Patient satisfaction, physician evaluation, physical examination, blinded comparison of preoperative and postoperative photographs, and revision surgery necessitation were also analyzed in this review of results and complications. Results: Initially 41.7 percent had saddle nose deformity, 41.7% had nasal tip deformity, and 16.7% had other types of deformity. 94.4% had successful outcomes whether the technique and type of deformity had no effect on success of results (p > 0.05). Conclusion: According to the obtained results and comparison with other studies, it may be concluded that rhinoplasty with dome cut is a successful method and various methods and deformities have no effect on the outcomes.