Originally published July 30 2005
A new technique may help with difficult nasal reconstruction surgery
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A surgical technique that requires removal of the tissues between your nostrils may be used to treat a severely deviated septum.
A surgical technique that requires the removal, restructure and re-implantation of the nasal septum (the partition of the nose between the nostrils) appears to be a useful option for repairing the hard-to-treat severely deviated septum.
- infoZine - Severe nasal septal deviations, usually the result of trauma, previous surgery or congenital malformations such as cleft palate, pose a particular challenge to plastic surgeons, according to an article in the July/August issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Usual plastic surgical techniques often prove insufficient for reliably correcting severe septal deformities, the author suggests, necessitating the complete removal and correction of the septum to achieve good functional and aesthetic results.
Wolfgang Gubisch, M.D., of Marienhospital, Stuttgart, Germany, reviewed the medical charts of patients undergoing septoplasty (surgery of the nasal septum), either performed by him or under his supervision, at a facial plastic surgery center.
"Despite the complex deformity and complicated operative procedure, postoperative complications were rare and only 20 patients (four percent) elected to have revision septoplasty.
Fifty-seven complications (12 percent) occurred, with the most common complaint being irregular contour of the dorsum [the bridge of the nose] (32 patients, seven percent)."
In the supervised procedures, there were 14 postoperative complications (13 percent) and 12 dorsal (bridge of the nose) irregularities (11 percent).
"This vast experience of extracorporeal septoplasty [removal of the septum from the nose for repair] in 2,119 patients spanning 20 years demonstrates that it is an important technique in the armamentariam (armory of techniques) of surgeons for correcting of extensive nasal septal deviations that result from trauma, previous surgery, or congenital anomalies," the author concludes.
"During the study period, the technique was improved to make it safe and practical for all surgeons dealing with this difficult problem."
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