Post operative edema: rib grafting. Will this cause significant discomfort inside the nose?

RevisionSeeker23,
Thanks for your question.  The amount of edema depends on the amount of soft tissue dissection and size of the rib graft, as well as what other tissues are used (temporalis fascia or perichondrium), so it's hard to say how severe the edema is.  Also, five patients can have the exact same surgery and some swell more than others, so the individual variability is quite wide.  Typically the discomfort is not much worse than another rhinoplasty.  Good luck!