OBJECTIVE: To evaluate effectiveness of the technique of reduction of the width of the nasal base of negroid nose, modifying the inclination of the axes of the nostrils for the mobilization of internal tissues, through intra-oral approach, avoiding external scars. METHODS: Eleven adult female patients were operated with age varying between 19 to 45 years old, being distributed in 2 of the Caucasoid race and 9 of negroid race, being of this 5 brown color and 4 of black color. The picture method was standardized, and images in paper were digitized. Through software they were measured in the pre-operative pictures and with 3 months after the rhinoplasty. 8 relative indexes to the nasal base based on anthropometrics points. The obtained values were submitted to statistically descriptive analysis. RESULTS: No significant statistically differences were found in seven of these features, relative reduction of the width of the nasal base and the variation in the axis of the nostrils inclinations. Just one significant alteration found, an increased in the nasal labial angle (p=0,001). CONCLUSION: The technique of rhinoplasty of negroid nose through intra-oral approach without external resection, just with mobilization of the internal tissues is not effective to reduce the nasal base.
Nose; Rinoplasty; Negroid race; Anthropometry; Photography; Photogrammetry
