Bioactive glass and turbinate flaps in the repair of nasal septal perforations.
Interpositional grafts between mucoperiosteal flaps are commonly used in the repair of septal perforations. We studied the use of bioactive glass (BAG) S53P4 as an interpositional graft and the use of turbinate flaps in 23 patients with septal perforations. Another 16 patients were treated with mucoperiosteal flaps only. The perforations were successfully closed in 38 of the 39 patients. One patient had a near-total septal perforation due to hypophysial surgery; it could not be closed. No extrusions of the BAG and no BAG-associated infections were seen; the average follow-up period was 28 months. BAG S53P4 seems to be a good interpositional graft in the repair of medium and large nasal septal perforations, and turbinate flaps are also reliable.
Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Patricia
P
Stoor
Reidar
R
Grénman
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014420:Turbinates / Q000601:surgery
C403922:bioactive glass S53P4