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Extracorporal septal reconstruction with polydioxanone foil
Author(s) -
Gerlinger I.,
Kárász T.,
Somogyvári K.,
Szanyi I.,
Ráth G.,
Móricz P.,
Boenish M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical otolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1749-4486
pISSN - 1749-4478
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2007.01553.x
Subject(s) - polydioxanone , medicine , septoplasty , surgery , significant difference , nasal septum , nose
Key points• Conventional septoplasty cannot be the answer to all types of septal deviation. • Indications of extracorporal septal reconstruction with polydioxanone (PDS) foil: (i) selected cases of very high septal deviations, (ii) post‐traumatic and (iii) extremely pronounced congenital septal deviations and/or aesthetic deformities. • Polydioxanone foil facilitates the incorporation of a newly implanted septal graft without significant postoperative complications and is absorbed within 25 weeks. • The surgical technique is described in detail, and the early postoperative functional and aesthetic results (mean follow‐up: 11 months) on 16 patients (mean age: 42 years) are reported. Overall, 88% of the patients responded positively to the question of whether they would choose to undergo the same procedure again, knowing the postoperative result. • The procedure is easy to learn and has already proved to be an excellent combination of modern functional and aesthetic nasal surgery.