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Journal of Medical Sciences

Year: 2008 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 6 | Page No.: 569-573
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A.M.M.E. Al-Bassiouny

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Inferior Turbinate Flap Combined with Septal Cartilage Interpositional Graft for Repair of Nasal Septal Perforation

A.M.M.E. Al-Bassiouny
The present study evaluated the use of inferior turbinate flap as an alternative technique for small to medium sized caudal septal perforations. Many techniques are available for surgical repair of nasal septal perforations. The availability of more than one technique emphasis that no single technique is uniformly suitable for all perforations. In this study, the inferior turbinate flap in addition to interpositional cartilage graft may be a good option that can be helpful in selected cases of caudal septal perforations. Patients were selected from the Dar al Shifa Hospital, Kuwait, complaining of recurrent epistaxis, nasal crustation and nasal blockage with history of septal surgery. Seventeen patients have been treated with this technique between May 2005 and December 2007; patients followed-up for 6 months. Complete closure achieved in 10 (59%) patients, incomplete closure occurred in 7 (41%) patients with flap necrosis. The use of inferior turbinate flap with interpositional cartilage graft for repair of septal perforation is a good option for repair of small to medium sized caudal septal perforations.
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