Early septal surgery in a chimpanzee animal model.
Early resection of the proximal one-third of the cartilagenous nasal septum was performed in a chimpanzee. Longitudinal data on facial growth was collected for fourteen months. Growth rates (from regression equations) were shown to be the same for operated and unoperated animals. Implications for cleft palate repair are discussed.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology