Background: No reliable marker exists to predict septoplasty outcome. Most patients suffering from nasal airway obstruction (NAO) caused by a deviation of the septum report bothersome mouth breathing and dryness. In this study our aim was assess, whether could be objectified in these Methods: A monocentric, prospective case-control 21 conducted. The proportion measured blinded manner. As measur...

OBJECTIVES Cross-hatching incisions have been considered mandatory for correcting cartilaginous septal deviation. We evaluated the clinical outcome of septoplasty without cross-hatching incisions to determine the necessity for making septal cartilage incisions. METHODS THE RECONSTRUCTED SEPTAL COMPONENTS DURING SEPTOPLASTY WERE CATEGORIZED INTO FOUR ANATOMICAL AREAS: vomer, maxillary crest, p...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to compare the effects of Merocel nasal packs and silicone nasal septal splints with integral airway on the ventilation and pressure of the middle ear when applied intranasally after septoplasty for isolated septal deviation. STUDY DESIGN A prospective, randomized trial. SETTING A tertiary referral center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Fifty-one patients who underwent sep...

OBJECTIVE To discuss and compare the results of suturing the nasal septum after septoplasty with the results of nasal packing. METHODS A prospective study, which was performed at Prince Hashem Military Hospital in Zarqa, Jordan and Prince Rashed Military Hospital in Irbid, Jordan between September 2005 and August 2006 included 169 consecutive patients that underwent septoplasty. The patients ...

Our objective was to measure short- and long-term outcomes of children presenting with recalcitrant idiopathic epistaxis. The study was an 11-year (2000-2011) retrospective chart review of children evaluated and treated for epistaxis. A retrospective review of patients with diagnostic International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision code 784.7 (epistaxis) and 21.5/21.88 (septoplasty) wa...

OBJECTIVE To compare an open vs a closed approach to the nasal pyramid for the initial repair of nasal fractures. METHODS Retrospective medical record review of 49 patients with acute nasal fractures treated by a single surgeon during a 5-year period. Patients underwent a closed approach to the nasal pyramid (Boise elevator only) or an open approach using rhinoplasty techniques, including ras...