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Table 1. Survey questions
Q1. How many years have you been in practice?
Q2. Do you perform autologous rib (costal cartilage) grafting for rhinoplasty?
Q3. Where do you perform autologous rib harvest?
Q4. Do you harvest full-thickness or partial-thickness rib grafts?
Q5. What is the average length of incision you use for rib graft harvest?
Q6. How many autologous rib harvest do you perform per year on average?
Q7. What is the percentage of your patients getting a pneumothorax after autologous rib harvest?
Q8. Do you routinely keep your patients overnight for observation after autologous rib grafting?
Q9. Do you routinely perform chest X-ray after autologous rib harvest?
Q10. Do you routinely utilize any additional analgesia protocol (other than oral pain medications) after autologous rib harvest?

Figure 1. Number of years in practice of survey respondents

In-office accredited OR Hospital facility Not applicable Other (please specify)
Ambulatory surgical center
not physically attached to a hospital

Figure 2. Location of surgical center

1 and 5 per year while two reported > 50 cases per year [Figure 3]. When comparing the surgeon’s
techniques, 64.7% of them performed only full-thickness rib grafts vs. 12.0% harvesting partial-thickness