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KMID : 1195620080010010020
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Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
2008 Volume.1 No. 1 p.20 ~ p.23
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Are Cross-hatching Incisions Mandatory for Correction of Cartilaginous Septal Deviation?
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Yang Jong-Won
Kim Sung-Il
Kwon Jang-Woo
Park Dong-Joon
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Abstract
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Objectives: Cross-hatching incisions have been considered mandatory for correcting cartilaginous septal deviation. We evaluated the clinical outcome of septoplasty without cross-hatching incisions to determine the necessity for making septal cartilage incisions.
Methods: The reconstructed septal components during septoplasty were categorized into four anatomical areas: vomer, maxillary crest, perpendicular plate of ethmoid (PPE) and septal cartilage (the area for cross-hatching incisions).
During septoplasty, we attempted to complete the surgery only by removing or fracturing the bony part of the septum without cross-hatching incisions on the cartilage. Only in the cases that the deviation was not immediately corrected, the cross-hatching incisions were made onto the cartilage at the end of the procedure. We analyzed the frequency of manipulating the septal components. The changes of symptoms were evaluated using a modified nasal obstruction symptom evaluation (NOSE) scale and a visual analog scale (VAS) preoperatively, 1 and 3 months after the surgery.
Results: Seventy five percents of the deviated septums were immediately corrected only by removing or fracturing of the bony septal components. In decreasing order of frequency, the sepal components for correcting septal deviation
were the vomer (59%), maxillary crest (49%), septal cartilage (cross-hatching only: 25%) and PPE (15%). The modified NOSE scale and the VAS demonstrated significant improvement of the nasal symptoms postoperatively (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Most of septal deviations could be corrected by manipulating only the bony septum. The results of this procedure were not different from conventional septoplasty with cross-hatching incisions. Our data suggest crosshatching incisions during septoplasty might have been overemphasized and that the main cause for cartilaginous
deviation may be the extrinsic forces that are generated by the neighboring bony structures.
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KEYWORD
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Nasal septum, Cartilage, Surgery
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