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Summary: Preservation rhinoplasty is a new philosophy in the field of rhinoplasty, focusing on preserving and reshaping nasal structures. However, the authors suggest some patients are not good candidates for preservation rhinoplasty. Patients with underprojected noses and thick skin need a septal extension graft for tip support and to achieve maximum tip definition. In this article, we describe a new technique to combine septal extension graft with the preservation of tip ligaments, called interdomal hanger. It allows the surgeon to benefit from increased tip support in rotation and projection. The technique consists of the preservation of the interdomal ligament, which is then stabilized above the septal extension graft working as a suspensory sling. With this technique, the surgeon can mix important steps of preservation rhinoplasty and benefit from the support of the septal extension grafts.

The described surgical approach provided excellent overall extremity contour with favorable scars while simultaneously addressing axillary contour and forearm deformities when present.

Paragangliomas is a pheochromocytoma of extra adrenal localization. The case report is a male, 55 years old who presented symptoms of adrenergic hyperstimulation associated to an abdominal mass diagnosed as paraganglioma by a biopsy. Because of its size, localization and vascularization, an aortography with embolization of the nutrient branches of the tumor was done pre-operatively. Four days later, a surgical ressection was performed, and the tumor was adhered to the duodenum, infra-renal aorta and inferior vena cava. We believe that an angiographic study pre-operatively with embolization makes possible an analysis of the anastomosis and arterial supplement, making the ressecability of the tumor safer, although it seems the surgical intervention should have been done earlier.