title: Powered instrumentation for rhinoplasty and septoplasty.
abstract: Advances in surgical instrumentation are generally intended to allow the performance of a surgical maneuver more efficiently and accurately. Powered instrumentation may allow improved precision and ease in certain aspects of rhinoplasty and septoplasty. Through improved precision, tissue trauma can be minimized.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rhinology and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA. beckerd@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Toriumi
mesh_terms: D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000601:surgery; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000295:instrumentation