Closure of the Trans-Columellar Incision in Open Rhinoplasty: Absorbable or Nonabsorable Suture

Objective: Open rhinoplasty is common technique because of easy and good access to the nasal building. However, the technique varies from surgeon to surgeon and according to which suture material is used to closure the Columella cut regarding beautifully and scar. Good scar results are important for patient satisfaction. Absorbable and non-absorbable suture materials are used in surgical wound closure.Method: This study was conducted with key words that include of rhinoplasty, cosmetic techniques, wound closure techniques in data bases such as google scholar, web of sciences, pubmed, embase, sciencedirect between 2014 to 2019. Inclusion criteria include of Primary rhinoplasty with Inverted-V incision, English language study and Suture is performed by one surgeon. 15 study was included, and two authors read abstract carefully and if study not compared two methods use of absorbable and non-absorbable suture in Transcolumellar incision were excluded. Finally, three articles were selected for this research. Informed consent not recommended in review article.Conclusion: Results did not show the difference between the use of absorbable or nonabsorbable suture in terms of the scar but the use of absorbable suture for the patient and surgeon can be effective in terms of comfort, anxiety and working hours for removal it (respectively).

کلیدواژه ها:

Rhinoplasty ، Cosmetic Technique ، Wound Closure Technique