Journal archive · Non-surgical and filler rhinoplasty · Complications and management · 2017
Unilateral blindness following a non-surgical rhinoplasty with filler
Schelke LW, Fick M, van Rijn LJ, Decates T, Velthuis PJ, Niessen F.
In the archive as a landmark paper: the core sweep runs 2011–2026, and this one is here because the history of rhinoplasty rests on it · cited on famous.
From the abstract
“A rare but known adverse event following a cosmetic filler treatment is unilateral blindness. In the Netherlands, this complication has not been reported in a patient before. Case Description: A 26-year-old woman developed unilateral blindness after undergoing a cosmetic treatment of the dorsum nasi in which…”
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Non-surgical and filler rhinoplasty
Injecting hyaluronic acid into the nose takes fifteen minutes, satisfies almost everyone who has it, lasts eight to fourteen months, and carries one risk that no amount of satisfaction offsets: filler entering an artery, which in 22 published cases took the patient's sight and gave it back to only 27% of them.
Complications and management
Serious complications after rhinoplasty are rare: infection runs under 1% in the two largest single-surgeon series, pooled rib harvests record no pneumothorax, and the bleeding series record no thromboembolism.
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