Nose
Surgery
(Rhinoplasty,
Septorhinoplasty)
Being
the central part of the face, and the focus
of attention when we look into someone’s
face, the nose has been an area of interest
for plastic surgeons for centuries. Cosmetic
improvement of the nose, RHINOPLASTY, usually
results in enhancement of all the facial
features. Functional improvement of the
nose by opening up clogged airways, SEPTOPLASTY
& TURBINECTOMY, results in comfortable
breathing, especially at night time and
during exercise.
These two areas of nasal surgery are usually
inseparable since any change in one part
of the nose effects all other parts. Therefore
whenever cosmetic nasal surgery is contemplated,
adequate attention should be paid to the
functional aspects of the patient’s
condition in order to avoid problems after
surgery.
Over
the past decade we have developed a very
personal philosophy in the area of nasal
surgery. We believe that nasal surgery should
result in a more beautiful face and enhanced
features without being an obviously "done"
nose. The best compliment that I get from
my patients is when they tell me after having
nasal surgery that everybdoy thinks they
have become more beautiful but nobody can
figure out exactly why.
Because
of our unique situation we have had the
opportunity to correct secondary deformities
on many individuals who have had nasal surgery
in the past and their main problem has been
a "done" or "surgical"
nose. Another problem that many of these
individuals have is breathing difficulty
since in years past surgeons usually did
not pay adequate attention to the functional
aspects of nasal surgery, especially certain
parts of nasal physiology which have only
been described over the past two decades.
Applying our philosophy of a natural nose,
and careful attention to all of these functional
and cosmetic details, we have corrected
many of these problems and have given our
patients much needed happiness.
One
area of particular interest in which we
have vast experience is straightening of
the crooked nose. After years of experimenting
with available techniques, we have developed
our own special method of classifying different
types of crookedness in the nose and correcting
each of these deformities accordingly.
A
recent development in nasal surgery is the
popularization of the OPEN APPROACH TO SEPTORHINOPLASTY.
This takes the guess work out of nasal surgery
and makes the results more predictable.
It is precision nasal surgery at its best
and the recovery is much more comfortable.
We have used the open approach on almost
all of the nasal procedures over the past
8 years and probably have one of the largest
series of open septorhinoplasties. Using
our special procedures and techniques we
have reduced the need for secondary nasal
revisions to less than 5%. This is a significant
improvment over the national average of
10 - 15%.
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