A Suture Suspension Technique for Improved repair of a Crooked Nose Deformity

A suture suspension technique for improved repair of a crooked nose deformity.

Figure ]. A: After the deflected dorsal segment of the septum is separated vertically from the remainder of the septum, a 3.0-mm Skeeter drill is used to create two small holes in the nasal bone on the side opposite the direction of the deflection. B: The ends of the separated septum are sutured into position with a horizontal mattress suture that is passed through the holes in the nasal bones....

The crooked nose

The crooked nose is unquestionably the most severe deformity of the nasal septum due to the simultaneous involvement of very important functional and aesthetic elements. As everyday interpersonal relations are primarily conducted face-to-face, deviation of the nasal pyramid from the median line is immediately obvious even to the least observant. The surgical procedures used to address this path...

Introduction of a New Suture Method in Repair of Peripheral Nerves Injured with a Sharp Mechanism

  Background: The standard method for repair of an injured peripheal nerve is epineural repair with separate sutures. Herein we describe a method in which the nerve is sutured with continous sutures. In fact this method has not been utilized for nerve repair previously and our purpose was to compare it to the standard method. If it proved to be successful it would replace the standard method in...

Suture suspension technique for midface and neck rejuvenation.

Seventeen patients averaging 51 years of age underwent 23 surgical procedures, including suture suspension for both midface and neck rejuvenations. A 3/0 polypropylene thread with bioabsorbable cones with multiple point fixations in addition to 2 x 0.5-cm polypropylene surgical mesh are used in this technique. The mean postoperative, follow-up time was 9 months. Of the 17 patients, 12 underwent...

Medial Laminectomy of the Large Concha Bullosa in Crooked Nose