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Table 4 Excluded studies with reason

From: Prevalence of complications associated with polymer-based alloplastic materials in nasal dorsal augmentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Title (reference)

Reason on exclusion

1. Medpor in maxillofacial deformities: report of three cases [46]

3 cases

2. A case report of ophthalmic artery emboli secondary to calcium hydroxylapatite filler injection for nose augmentation–long-term outcome [47]

Not solid polymers

3. Case reports of adipose-derived stem cell therapy for nasal skin necrosis after filler injection [48]

Not solid polymers

4. Complete septal extension grafts using porous high-density polyethylene sheets for the westernization of the Asian nose. [21]

Not for dorsum

5. Retinal branch artery embolization following hyaluronic acid injection: a case report [49]

Not solid polymers

6. Two cases of adverse reactions of hyaluronic acid-based filler injections [50]

Not solid polymers

7. A newly designed minigraft to achieve angularity and projection of the nasal tip: the asymmetrical bipyramidal graft [51]

Not dorsum separately

8. Foreign body reaction to Radiesse: 2 cases [52]

2 cases

9. Plastic surgery for women [53]

Not related

10. Midline volume filler injection for facial rejuvenation and contouring in Asians [54]

Not solid polymers

11. Non-surgical rhinoplasty with hyaluronic acid fillers: predictable results using software for the evaluation of nasal angles [55]

Not solid polymers

12. Nasal filling in plastic surgery practice: primary nasal filling, nasal filling for post-rhinoplasty defects, rhinoplasty after hyaluronidase injection in dissatisfied nasal filling patients [56]

Not solid polymers

13. Calcium hydroxylapatite gel (Radiesse) injection for the correction of postrhinoplasty contour deficiencies and asymmetries [57]

Not dorsum separately

14. Augmentation rhinoplasty: observations on 1200 cases [58]

Not solid polymers

15. Secondary rhinoplasty of the Asian nose: correction of the contracted nose [59]

Not solid polymers

16. Revision rhinoplasty in ethnic patients: pollybeak deformity and persistent bulbous tip [60]

Not dorsum separately

17. Correction of the supratip deformity of the nose [61]

Not dorsum separately

18. Assessment of nostril symmetry after primary cleft rhinoplasty in patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate [62]

Complications were not assessed

19. Operative techniques in Asian rhinoplasty [63]

Operative techniques

20. E-M shaped septal encircling with Medpor reconstruction on crooked noses: personal technique and postoperative results [64]

Septal encircling reconstruction, not related

21. Late complications of nasal augmentation using silicone implants [65]

Complications were not mentioned

22. Periorbital necrotizing fasciitis and orbital apex syndrome as a delayed but emergent complication of silicone nasal augmentation [66]

Case report

23. Management of wide nasofrontal angle with GORE-TEX implants [67]

Not dorsum

24. Silicone rubber implants in nasal reconstructive surgery [68]

Not dorsum separately

25. Availability and safety of osteotomy in esthetic rhinoplasty of east Asian patients [25]

Not dorsum separately

[69] Evaluation and proportion in nasal filling with hyaluronic acid

Not found yet. Searching (not retrieved)

27. Prevention and management of iatrogenic blindness associated with aesthetical filler injections [70]

Not related

[71] Efficacy and safety of a hyaluronic acid filler to correct aesthetically detracting or deficient features of the Asian nose: a prospective, open-label, long-term study

Not solid polymers

29. Application of a porous polyethylene spreader graft for nasal lengthening in Asian patients [72]

Not dorsum separately

30. Use of fillers in rhinoplasty [73]

Not solid polymers

31. Simple implant augmentation rhinoplasty [74]

No number

32. Soft and firm alloplastic implants in rhinoplasty: why, when and how to use them: a review of 311 cases [75]

Not dorsum separately

33. The use of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene in short nose elongation: fourteen years of clinical experience [76]

L shaped

34. A novel method to enhance dynamic rhinoplasty outcomes: double “V” carving for alloplastic grafts [77]

L-shaped

35. The nonsurgical rhinoplasty: a retrospective review of 5000 treatments [78]

Not dorsum separately

36. The use of Medpor implants for midface contouring in cleft patients [24]

Not dorsum separately

37. Long-term results of high-density porous polyethylene implants in facial skeletal augmentation: an Indian perspective [79]

Not dorsum separately

38. aAre polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) implants an alternative material for nasal dorsal augmentation in Asians? [23]

Not dorsum separately

39. Nasal dorsum reconstruction with alloplastic material [80]

Complications were not mentioned

40. Injection rhinoplasty with hyaluronic acid and calcium hydroxyapatite: a retrospective survey investigating outcome and complication rates [81]

3 cases

41. Use of porous high-density polyethylene in revision rhinoplasty and in the platyrrhine nose [82]

Not dorsum separately

42. Soft tissue fillers in the nose [83]

Not solid polymers

43. Problems associated with alloplastic materials in rhinoplasty [84]

Complications not mentioned

44. [Nasal dorsal augmentation] [85]

Not in English (not retrieved)

45. Rhinofilling with hyaluronic acid thought as a cartilage graft [86]

Not solid polymers

46. A simple technique for the correction of maxillonasal dysplasia using customized expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) implants [87]

“L”-shaped ePTFE

47. Revision rhinoplasty of Asian noses: analysis and treatment [88]

Complications not mentioned

48. [Pyodermatitis of the nasal pyramid disclosing a complication of rhinoplasty with silicone implant] [89]

Not in English (not retrieved)

49. Use of porous high-density polyethylene in revision rhinoplasty and in the platyrrhine nose (Romo III et al.) [82]

68 patients had dorsum tip implants/complications were not categorized

50. Nonsurgical rhinoplasty with the novel hyaluronic acid filler VYC-25L: results using a nasal grid approach (Bertossi et al.) [90]

Not solid polymers