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Nasal surgery is a specialty including the removal of nasal obstruction that cannot be achieved by medication and nasal reconstruction. Currently, it comprises four approaches, namely rhinoplasty, septoplasty, sinus surgery, and turbinoplasty, targeted at different sections of the nasal cavity in the order of their external to internal positions.
Septoplasty (Latin: saeptum, "septum" + Ancient Greek: πλάσσειν, romanized: plassein, "to shape"), or alternatively submucous septal resection and septal reconstruction, [1] is a corrective surgical procedure done to straighten a deviated nasal septum – the nasal septum being the partition between the two nasal cavities. [2]
Rhinoplasty (Ancient Greek: ῥίς, romanized: rhī́s, nose + Ancient Greek: πλάσσειν, romanized: plássein, to shape), commonly called nose job, medically called nasal reconstruction, is a plastic surgery procedure for altering and reconstructing the nose. [1]
turbinoplasty, septoplasty, septorhinoplasty; Soft palate-level surgeries uvulectomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, tonsillectomy; Hypopharyngeal-level surgeries hyoid suspension; tongue suspension; tongue base reduction; genioglossus advancement; UPPP with tonsillectomy improves postoperative results of obstructive sleep apnea depending on tonsil ...
Non-surgical rhinoplasty is reported to have originated at the turn of the nineteenth century, when New York City neurologist James Leonard Corning (1855–1923) and Viennese physician Robert Gersuny (1844–1924) began using liquid paraffin wax to elevate the "collapsed nasal dorsum" that characterizes the "saddle nose deformity."
Manually alignment should be performed in adults within 10 days of injury (prior to the bone healing in the misaligned state). For children, bone healing occurs faster, so manual alignment should ideally be performed within 4 days of injury. Injuries involving other structures (Types 2 and 3) must be recognized and treated surgically. [8]
Bradley Cooper. Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney Bradley Cooper became a household name for playing the hard-partying Phil in The Hangover franchise — but off camera, he’s been sober since ...
A nasal septum perforation is a medical condition in which the nasal septum, the bony/cartilaginous wall dividing the nasal cavities, develops a hole or fissure. [1]This may be brought on directly, as in the case of nasal piercings, or indirectly, as by long-term topical drug application, including nasal administration of ethylphenidate, methamphetamine, cocaine, crushed prescription pills, or ...