Advances in Technology for Functional Rhinoplasty: The Next Frontier.
Advances in computer modeling and simulation technologies have the potential to provide facial plastic surgeons with information and tools that can aid in patient-specific surgical planning for rhinoplasty. Finite element modeling and computational fluid dynamics are modeling technologies that have been applied to the nose to study structural biomechanics and nasal airflow. Combining these technologies with patient-specific imaging data and symptom measures has the potential to alter the future landscape of nasal surgery.
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. Electronic address: spawar@mcw.edu.
Sachin S
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Pawar
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University & the Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
Guilherme J M
GJ
Garcia
Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
John S
JS
Rhee
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003198:Computer Simulation; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000639:trends*
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Computer modeling; Finite element modeling (FEM); Nasal surgery; Rhinoplasty; Septoplasty; Simulation; Virtual surgery