Bellevue Facial Surgery Guide
How often nose and ear surgery goes wrong, and in how many patients
- Complication figures come from peer-reviewed reviews, with the sample stated beside each one.
- Two areas are covered: rhinoplasty approaches, and ear pinning and earlobe repair.
- Written for readers in Bellevue. General information, not medical advice.
- Open the guide that matches your procedure
- Note each figure with the sample behind it
- Bring three questions to your consultation
Pick your guide
Facial surgery risks, in plain numbers
A complication rate sounds reassuring until you ask how many patients it covers and who they were. That sample is the first thing to find for any facial surgery figure, including one quoted in Bellevue.
Noses and ears, by the numbers
The Rhinoplasty Guide for Patients covers open, closed and preservation approaches to nose reshaping, and keeping ethnic features. The Otoplasty and Ear Reshaping hub covers ear pinning, ear pinning for children and earlobe repair.
For each procedure, the same questions apply: what went wrong in the studies, how often, in how many patients, and what changed the odds for an individual. For an example of how a peer-reviewed review lays out that kind of evidence, see this narrative review of nasal septal deviation.
How the numbers are handled
Complication figures come from peer-reviewed reviews, and the sample behind each number is stated next to it. A rate without its sample size and patient group tells you very little.
From its Bellevue office, Albert Yang Facial Plastic Surgery practices facial plastic surgery, and questions about your own risk belong with a licensed surgeon who has examined you.
Parks and outings around Bellevue
Bellevue publishes a page listing its city parks, and a local newspaper has a guide to places to go in the area. Neither page is about surgery.
Three questions for your consultation
Start with the procedure that matches your question, then bring three questions to a consultation. What is the complication rate for this procedure in your surgeon's own patients? How many patients is that figure based on? What about your health or anatomy would raise or lower your own risk?
The rate and sample size to ask a surgeon to state
These figures describe groups of patients, so treat them as background reading and not as medical advice for your own case. A licensed surgeon who has examined you can say which of them apply to you.