OBJECTIVE The aim of this prospective, randomized, double-blind study was to investigate the postoperative analgesic effects of levobupivacaine or tramadol infiltration administered prior to surgery in septorhinoplasty (SRP) or endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty ASA class I-III adult patients electively undergoing SRP or ESC were included the study. Induction of anesth...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of esmolol added to propofol-remifentanil combination for hypotensive anesthesia on hemodynamic conditions, consumption of anesthetic drugs, and recovery, during elective septorhinoplasty. METHODS This prospective, randomized study was carried out at Gazi University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey in 2005. Following Institutional Ethical Committee approval,...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a reproducible surgical technique for augmentation rhinoplasty of complex saddle nose deformities, which are characterized by substantial loss of nasal structural support and result in multiple nasal abnormalities. DESIGN Case series and surgical outcome study. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS A total of 43 patients (32 female and 11 male; mean +/- SD age, ...

INTRODUCTION We describe a patient scheduled for elective surgery who regularly consumed approximately 12 to 15 times the maximum recommended daily dose of dextromethorphan. We describe the clinical pharmacology of dextromethorphan and discuss its anesthetic implications. CASE PRESENTATION A 30-year-old man with a history of a nasal fracture was scheduled to undergo an elective septorhinoplas...

BACKGROUND Nasal septal cartilage is well established as an autograft material. Tissue engineering methods are now being developed to synthesize cartilage constructs with the properties of this type of cartilage. However, important baseline data on the composition of native septal cartilage is sparse. OBJECTIVES To characterize quantitatively the major biochemical constituents of native adult...

INTRODUCTION Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery involves the use of surgical procedures to achieve esthetic and functional improvement. It can be used for traumatic, congenital, or developmental injuries. Medicine, with an emphasis on facial plastic surgery, has made progress in several areas, including rhinoplasty, providing good long-term results and higher patient satisfaction. OBJE...

Objective: Defining the end of the nasofacial growth spurt, in order to schedule rhinoseptoplasty in cleft patients without disturbing nasofacial growth. Data sources: Pubmed and Cochrane bibliographic databases. Primary indexing terms: ‘facial growth’. Confining search terms: (face OR nose) AND growth AND (cephalometry OR anthropometry). The reference lists of the retrieved articles were searc...