An approach to large nasoseptal perforations and attendant deformity.
Six patients with symptomatic large anterior septal perforations were treated for relief of symptoms and the frequently concomitant saddle-nose deformity. The patients required large anteriorly and posteriorly based rotation flaps consisting of mucoperiosteum from the floor, lateral wall, and inferior turbinate of the nose.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000601:surgery; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic