Straighten crooked nose without surgery

Some plastic surgery patients suffering from curvature of the nasal septum, surgery may not be needed at all. They were lucky - in clinical practice include new technologies that greatly facilitate the lives of people.

In the January-February issue of "Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery" describes a new method correction of a deviated septum   by affixing durable polymer polydioxanone (a synthetic absorbable suture material) to the nasal cartilage. This essentially makes it easier for Plastic Surgeons   the whole process of septoplasty ( septoplasty ).

During septoplasty   surgical occurs correction of a deviated septum . It was always a very risky, because during her cartilage in the inner part of the nose is usually weakened as surgeons could "repair" the only visible part of cartilaginous septum . And even here the attempt to strengthen the corrected area using splint sometimes failed, which subsequently led to a long-term cosmetic or functional defects of the nose.

However, in 1996 this procedure were made to the long-awaited amendments that finally met the surgeons and patients. Now doctors can strengthen the barrier temporarily removing its cartilage implanted in a small portion of polydioxanone having a long-term exposure, and then set back to the nose. In 1996, through this procedure have been 396 patients, and 10 years later, 93% remained very strong nasal septum. It has been a sufficient amount of time, but no short-term or long-term side effects were found. Patients improved breathing and the permeability of air through the nasal passage. Now this technology can rightfully enter into the broad practice among plastic surgeons worldwide.

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