title: The role of septal surgery in cosmetic rhinoplasty.
abstract: Septoplasty is performed to resolve breathing problems, but it often becomes pivotal to correct external nasal deviation, representing a central step in rhinoplasty surgery. Even in patients with no functional problems, septal surgery may represent the best solution for obtaining a proper realignment of the external nasal pyramid. One-stage septorhinoplasty has become the standard of treatment for a deviated nose, hence septoplasty cannot be considered as a separate procedure to perform before or after rhinoplasty or as a partial operation subject to later revision. The aim of this article is to discuss the close relationship between the nasal septum and the aesthetics of the nose, and how a graduated surgical approach for the correction of septal deviations could affect the external deviated nose.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery - Otorhinolaryngology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parrilla
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Artuso
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gallus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paludetti
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Cosmetic rhinoplasty; Deviated septum; Septoplasty; Septorhinoplasty