BACKGROUND The use of a resorbable implant connected with septal cartilage would facilitate external septoplasty, offering mechanical stability until the cartilage fragments heal. OBJECTIVE To study the histological and clinical results of septoplasty with a resorbable implant (polydioxanone [PDS; Ethicon, Norderstedt, Germany]) in conjunction with cartilage. DESIGN To provide histological ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether late complications after septoplasty in growing septal cartilage in children can be prevented by the use of a resorbable polydioxanone (PDS) foil in combination with the cartilage. DESIGN Animal study with 45 young rabbits, operated on at the nasal septum. Four typical septoplasty procedures were carried out, including elevation of the mucoperichondrium, cartila...

Although nasal surgery has limited efficacy in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) treatment, some patients experience improvement. The present study tested the hypothesis that post-surgery improvement is associated with increased nasal breathing epochs. A total of 49 OSA patients (mean apnoea/hypopnoea index (AHI) 30.1+/-16.3 events x h(-1)) with symptomatic fixed nasal obstruction due to deviated ...

AIM The objective of this paper is to demonstrate that structural alterations of the nasal cavity, e.g. septal deviation and conchal hypertrophy have high incidence in patients with sleep apnea and hypopnea syndrome and must be addressed with associated specific procedures of the syndrome. TYPE OF STUDY Clinical retrospective. CASUISTIC AND METHOD A retrospective study of 200 patients was p...

Background: Septoplasty is a surgical procedure to straighten the bone and cartilage dividing space between your two nostrils (septum). If septoplasty performed alone or as part of rhinoplasty procedure, internal nasal splints are generally used.
 Objective: To compare silicone septal with integral airways silastic sheets after surgery in terms patient breathing (with splint place).
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UNLABELLED Nasal polyps, according to many authors, generate as a result of chronic inflammation process with activation of cytokines, immunological reaction mediators that regulate proliferation, differentiation and cell apoptosis. Clarifying molecular mechanisms present in those disturbances may have diagnostic and prognostic value in evaluation of recurrence, dynamics and differentiation of ...

Various questionnaires are used in patients who undergo rhinologic surgeries but a unique comprehensive questionnaire is needed to evaluate quality of life (QOL) in rhinologic surgeries. The purpose of this study was to prepare a comprehensive questionnaire and compare QOL among four common rhinologic surgeries including functional endoscopic sinus surgery, septoplasty, septorhinoplasty, and se...

BACKGROUND Surgery on a deviated septum has seen several modifications since its inception starting from radical septal resection to preservation of the possible septal framework. OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacies of "Endoscope Septoplasty" over "Traditional Septoplasty" in treating pathological septum and turbinates, in terms of their outcome. METHOD Prospective descriptive study conduct...