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What kind of anesthesia is used for rhinoplasty?

Can rhinoplasty be done under local anesthesia or general anesthesia?

Rhinoplasty does not have an ordered series of steps. Each surgery is unique and customized for the specific anatomy and goals of the person having the surgery.

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Step 1 – Anesthesia

Medications are administered for your comfort during the surgical procedure. The choices include intravenous sedation or general anesthesia. Your doctor will recommend the best choice for you.

Rhinoplasty requires local anesthesia with sedation or general anesthesia, depending on how complex your surgery is and what your surgeon prefers. Discuss with your doctor before surgery which type of anesthesia is most appropriate for you.

Local anesthesia with sedation.This type of anesthesia is usually used in an outpatient setting. It’s limited to a specific area of your body. Your doctor injects a pain-numbing medication into your nasal tissues and sedates you with medication injected through an intravenous (IV) line. This makes you groggy but not fully asleep.
General anesthesia.You receive the drug (anesthetic) by inhaling it or through a small tube (IV line) placed in a vein in your hand, neck or chest. General anesthesia affects your entire body and causes you to be unconscious during surgery. General anesthesia requires a breathing tube

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Step 2 – The incision

Rhinoplasty is performed either using a closed procedure, where incisions are hidden inside the nose, or an open procedure, where an incision is made across the columella, the narrow strip of tissue that separates the nostrils.

Through these incisions, the skin that covers the nasal bones and cartilages is gently raised, allowing access to reshape the structure of the nose.

Step 3 – Reshaping the nose structure

An overly large nose may be reduced by removing bone or cartilage. Sometimes surgery of the nose may require the addition of cartilage grafts.

Most commonly, cartilage from the septum, the partition in the middle of the nose, is used for this purpose. Occasionally cartilage from the ear or rarely a section of rib cartilage can be used.

Step 4 – Correcting a deviated septum

If the septum is deviated, it can be straightened and the projections inside the nose reduced to improve breathing.

If patients have had significant trauma to the nose in the past, the nasal bones are sometimes shifted into a more favorable position during surgery.

Step 5 – Closing the incision

Once the underlying structure of the nose is sculpted to the desired shape, incisions are closed. Additional incisions may be placed in the natural creases of the nostrils to alter their size.

After the surgery, you’ll be in a recovery room, where the staff monitors your return to wakefulness. You might leave later that day or, if you have other health issues, you might stay overnight.

During closed rhinoplasty

The closed rhinoplasty surgery in Iran is usually performed under general anesthesia and in some cases under local anesthesia plus sedation. The intervention is made through various incisions made inside the nose. The number and extent of the incisions depend on the magnitude and location of the deformities to be treated.

Closed rhinoplasties are most often done when the surgeon is removing excess soft tissue, reshaping cartilage or bones, removing humps or bumps or doing some types of work on the nasal tip. The closed technique is the method surgeons have used for years.

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During rhinoplasty