title: [Septoplasty and rhinoplasty, a descriptive study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This is a retrospective study on patients who underwent septoplasty and septorhinoplasty at Dr. Peset Hospital in Valencia. Surgical procedures are described and results evaluated.
  
  
  METHODS
  49 septorhinoplasties and 6 rhinoplasties were aesthetic and functionally evaluated after surgery. Variables such as type of deformity, age, gender, previous surgery and surgical results where described and compared. Fisher exact test was used to find statistic significance between variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Septum remained centred after 91% (45) of septoplasties. There was no statistical significance between type of septal deviation and results. Straight nasal pyramid was obtained after 76% (42) of septorhinoplasties and also in this procedure we did not find statistic significances between deformity and final result. Feminine gender and secondary surgery where predictive factors for worse surgical results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Septopyramidal surgery tries to obtain a good nasal function and aesthetic result. Starting with Cottle's principles, more specific techniques have been developed to resolve the different deformities.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset, Valencia, España. balaguergarcia@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balaguer García
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mompó Romero
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrasco Llatas
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Cuesta González
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dalmau Galofre
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult