Difficult septal deviation cases: open or closed technique?

Difficult septal deviation cases: open or closed technique?

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study is to compare the functional aspects of open technique (OTS) and endonasal septoplasty (ENS) in "difficult septal deviation cases". METHODS 60 patients with severe nasal obstruction from S-shaped deformities, multiple deformities, high deviations etc. were included in the study. The OTS was used in 30 patients and the ENS was performed in 30 patients. The Na...

Cutting and suture technique of the caudal septal cartilage for the management of caudal septal deviation.

OBJECTIVES To introduce the cutting and suture technique of the caudal L-strut for the management of caudal septal deviation and to evaluate its efficacy and surgical outcomes. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Tertiary care rhinology clinic. PATIENTS Forty-five patients who underwent endonasal septoplasty using the cutting and suture technique of the caudal L-strut. INTERVENTIONS Aft...

Copular Complements: Closed or Open?

In this paper, we present some preliminary observations on the syntactic analysis of copular constructions in LFG. We suggest several conclusions and directions for future research. First, the open analysis is appropriate for some copular constructions but not for others, even within the same language. Second, the same construction can be open in some languages and closed in others. Third, we c...

A Surgical Technique for Difficult Glaucoma Cases: Combined Cyclectomy/Trabeculectomy

Although glaucoma, known to be the most common cause of irreversible blindness, is characterized by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells, it has long been perceived as a disease caused by “increased intra-ocular pressure (IOP)”. Although increased IOP has been recently removed from the definition of glaucoma and regarded as a major risk factor and glaucoma has been defined as an optical n...

Intensive Care Units: Open or Closed?