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Piezosurgery Versus Conventional Osteotomies And Rasping In Open Rhinoplasty, Amr Gouda Shafik, Mohamed Sherif Abdelmonem, Ashraf Mahmoud Khaled, Tamer Abdelmonem Azzam, Khaled Abd El Moaty Hafez

Pan Arab Journal of Rhinology

Background: Piezosurgery is appropriate for all bony surgeries, but it is predominantly helpful when access is limited and/or the bones are close subtle soft tissue, Aim and objectives; this work aimed for comparing conventional osteotomies and rasping with the Piezosurgery medical device, as regard operative time, post-operative edema, ecchymosis, and pains in open rhinoplasty patients. Subjects and methods: It is a prospective study done at our university hospital from June 2019 to December 2020. This study included 40 patients, 20 done with Piezosurgery technique in osteotomy and rasping, other 20 with conventional technique in osteotomy and rasping. This study involves …