A Rare Complication of Rhinoplasty: Periorbital Emphysema
- 31 May 2014
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- Vol. 38 (4), 678-680
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-014-0325-3
Abstract
Subcutaneous emphysema is a clinical entity that may be associated with trauma. Rhinoplasty is not an atraumatic procedure. This report presents a case of acute periorbital emphysema after cosmetic rhinoplasty. This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .Keywords
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