TY - JOUR
T1 - Fan septoplasty for correction of the internally and externally deviated nose
AU - Ammar, S. M.
AU - Westreich, R. W.
AU - Lawson, W.
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - With recent exception, the history of septal surgery has predominantly been characterized by a slow progression toward conservatism. The earliest techniques used transmucosal reductions of deviations. As with all new surgical approaches, long-term complication rates and failures began to emerge. The resulting problems of septal perforation and nasal collapse prompted the development of the submucous resection technique by Freer and Killian, which was less radical in nature, preserving a mucoperichondrial cover. This allowed for manipulation of the cartilaginous and bony septal framework without violating the integrity of the septal mucosa. Although this was a significant advance for intranasal surgery, limitations existed and long-term results were unsatisfactory in selected cases. In severely deviated and externally deviated noses, the submucous resection was unable to address the most dorsal component of the quadrangular plate.
AB - With recent exception, the history of septal surgery has predominantly been characterized by a slow progression toward conservatism. The earliest techniques used transmucosal reductions of deviations. As with all new surgical approaches, long-term complication rates and failures began to emerge. The resulting problems of septal perforation and nasal collapse prompted the development of the submucous resection technique by Freer and Killian, which was less radical in nature, preserving a mucoperichondrial cover. This allowed for manipulation of the cartilaginous and bony septal framework without violating the integrity of the septal mucosa. Although this was a significant advance for intranasal surgery, limitations existed and long-term results were unsatisfactory in selected cases. In severely deviated and externally deviated noses, the submucous resection was unable to address the most dorsal component of the quadrangular plate.
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U2 - 10.1001/archfaci.8.3.213
DO - 10.1001/archfaci.8.3.213
M3 - Article
C2 - 16702535
AN - SCOPUS:33750103049
SN - 1521-2491
VL - 8
SP - 213
EP - 216
JO - Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery
JF - Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery
IS - 3
ER -