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Table 2 Comparison of complication rates of different rhinoplasty grafts

From: Use of porous high-density polyethylene grafts in open rhinoplasty: no infectious complication seen in spreader and dorsal grafts

Grafts

Movement of implant (N)

Infection (N)

Extrusion (N)

Total rate of complication (%)

Rate of rev surgery (due to complication) (%)

Dorsal

2

-

-

5.3

2.6

Strut

3

2

-

21.7

21.7

Rim

-

-

2

20.0

20.0

Spreader

-

-

-

0

0

Button

-

-

-

0

0

Total

5

2

2

10.7*

9.5**

  1. *this indicates the overall rate of complication (9 cases in 84 grafts).
  2. **this is the overall percentage of revision surgery (8 cases in 84 grafts).