Journal archive · Anatomy and nasal analysis · Adolescent and aging nose · 2026
Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Pediatric Nasal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Patel RK, Loan P, Cendejas G, Akhter MF, Perrault D, Nazerali RS, Khosla RK.
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 pediatric septoplasty.
From the abstract
“Pediatric nasal surgery has been controversial due to concerns about facial growth during adolescence. There is limited data on patient outcomes and no clear guidelines on the optimal age for surgery.To evaluate the safety, complication, and revision rates of nasal surgery in children.Systematic review and…”
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Anatomy and nasal analysis
Before any technique is chosen, the nose has to be read: the bone measured, the cartilage counted, the skin assessed, and the result the patient wants agreed on a photograph that is not yet true.
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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