Journal archive · Septum, valve and airway · Adolescent and aging nose · 2011
Nasal growth after pediatric septoplasty at long-term follow-up
Tasca I, Compadretti GC.
In the archive as a landmark paper: the core sweep runs 2011–2026, and this one is here because the history of rhinoplasty rests on it · cited on rhinoplasty in children.
From the abstract
“Septoplasty in children is still a matter of open discussion, because it is thought that a surgical procedure on a developing structure might produce some adverse effects on normal nasal growth. The goal of this retrospective study is to evaluate the effects of pediatric nasal septum surgery in a long-term follow-up…”
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Septum, valve and airway
Every rhinoplasty is a breathing operation whether it intends to be or not: the septum holds the nose up as well as dividing it, and the narrowest part of the whole airway is the internal valve the surgeon is standing over.
Adolescent and aging nose
The same operation is a different problem at twelve and at seventy: in a child the fear is stunting a nose that has not finished growing, and in an older patient the nose has kept changing, dropping at the tip, thinning at the skin and weakening at the cartilage, until it blocks the airway.
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