Septal plasty in children: influence on nasal growth.
The results of a septoplasty because of a nasal obstruction were studied in 261 children, their ages ranging from 4 to 14. No arrest of nasal growth after the septoplasty and osteotomies was recorded. Histological examination revealed a cartilaginous regeneration at the borders of the resected septal cartilage in 15 cases in which a second rhinoplasty was necessary because of a new nasal obstruction. Often the cartilaginous growth was undirected and excessive leading to a new septal deviation. In 80 per cent of our cases good functional long-term results were obtained by one rhinoplasty only which was performed according to the techniques of Cottle and Masing.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000601:surgery; D002356:Cartilage / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009666:Nose / Q000254:growth & development*; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012038:Regeneration; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*