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Apr 11 16 4:51 AM
nose1 wrote:I am not a medical doctor but:- general anesthesia and some local anesthetic were administered - a septoplasty was performed which they removed cartilage and bone from the deviated portion of the septum (1.5 cm of bone/cartilage was left to support the nasal) - the maxillary spine (a bony portion towards the front of the nose) was removed - the incisions were stitched closed - a radio-frequency coblation was performed on each turbinate (some tissue of the submucosal portion of the turbinate was vaporized; theoretically with relatively low heat) - each inferior turbinate was outfractured (turbinate bone was broken to move the turbinate away from the wall) - harvested cartilage was implanted to repair the nasal collapse
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