I want to get a tip plasty to fix a wide tip that is slightly crooked. I had a rhinoplasty before and then a revision while I was awake, but it was closed. I was fully awake without any meds and did fine. However, I am going to a different doctor because it is still crooked! He wants to do a open one and said its fine with me awake. However he will give me Valium, norco and Benadryl to prevent itching. Is this reasonable?? I avoid iv meds at all cost.
June 11, 2015
Answer: Tip rhinoplasty with local only ? In our practice, we perform all rhinoplasty procedures under general anesthesia by a board-certified physician anesthesiologist for patient safety and comfort. A revision rhinoplasty for a crooked nose may require osteotomies in the nasal bones, cartilage harvesting and cartilage grafting techniques to straighten the nose. All this cannot be performed under local anesthesia comfortably. Trying to perform a rhinoplasty under local anesthesia is a bad idea
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June 11, 2015
Answer: Tip rhinoplasty with local only ? In our practice, we perform all rhinoplasty procedures under general anesthesia by a board-certified physician anesthesiologist for patient safety and comfort. A revision rhinoplasty for a crooked nose may require osteotomies in the nasal bones, cartilage harvesting and cartilage grafting techniques to straighten the nose. All this cannot be performed under local anesthesia comfortably. Trying to perform a rhinoplasty under local anesthesia is a bad idea
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October 20, 2019
Answer: Tip- Plasty with only Local Anesthesia In general I have my anesthesiologist present during nasal surgery so the pt is comfortable regardless of the level of anesthesia necessary. Having said that , over the last 35 years I've done many nasal procedures such as a tip-plasty under local anesthesia.
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October 20, 2019
Answer: Tip- Plasty with only Local Anesthesia In general I have my anesthesiologist present during nasal surgery so the pt is comfortable regardless of the level of anesthesia necessary. Having said that , over the last 35 years I've done many nasal procedures such as a tip-plasty under local anesthesia.
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