Use of prolene mesh in septorhinoplasty

الملخص EN

Objective : To report the experience of using Prolene mesh as a grafting material in routine open septorhinoplasty.

Methods : A retrospective study of patients who had routine open septorhinoplasty with Prolene mesh insertion as a part of the procedure.

Results : Out of total 52 patients who had routine septorhinoplasty with mesh implantation, 20 patients had developed postoperative complications.

All patients with complications had to have a second surgery, high dorsum considered to be the commonest complications (15 patients), and stitch sinus was the second most common (5 patients), and the last was sharp edges (2 patients).

None of the patients developed postoperative infection.

Conclusions : Using mesh in open septorhinoplasty offers an alternative for traditional grafting materials available.

Prolene mesh as any other graft might be associated with complications which in turn could limit its use for few selected cases which warrant grafting to reconstruct and fill the defects.

From our experience, using mesh as a part of rhinoplasty is usually associated with high risk of complications therefore we don’t recommend using mesh routinely.