This is a single-center, blinded, controlled trial, conducted in healthy adult subjects undergoing a reconstructive or cosmetic rhinoplasty involving the use of cartilaginous graft (either non-irradiated cartilage sheet allograft compared to autologous harvest and grafting of costal cartilage).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
50
Subjects undergoing either reconstructive or cosmetic rhinoplasty will choose which graft will be used in their intervention.
Subjects undergoing either reconstructive or cosmetic rhinoplasty will choose which graft will be used in their intervention.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Patient Outcome Assessment
Subjective assessment using the Face-Q checklists and scoring for preoperative assessment.
Time frame: Preoperative
Patient Outcome Assessment
Subjective assessment using the Face-Q checklists and scoring for post-operative assessments.
Time frame: 3 months post-operative
Patient Outcome Assessment
Subjective assessment using the Face-Q checklists and scoring for post-operative assessments.
Time frame: 6 months post-operative
Patient Outcome Assessment
Subjective assessment using the Face-Q checklists and scoring for post-operative assessments.
Time frame: 12 months
Cost analysis of utilizing the different grafts as far as graft cost, operative time, re-operation, etc.
Time frame: 12 months
Comparison of the overall complication rate between the MTF cartilage graft and autologous cartilage graft used during the procedures.
Time frame: 12 months
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