%0 Journal Article
%T Nasal deformities. Clinical assessment and Management in Hospital Universitario del Caribe. Cartagena. Colombia
%A Alcal¨¢-Cerra Liliana
%A Milan¨¦s-P¨¦rez Rosa I.
%A Ramos-Clason Enrique C.
%A Padilla-Levis Luis F.
%J Revista Ciencias Biom¨¦dicas
%D 2012
%I Universidad de Cartagena
%X Introduction: Septorhinoplasty is an operative procedure indicated for surgicalmanagement of nasal deformities, and one of the most frequently performed surgicalprocedures in otolaryngology.Objective: To identify clinical features and management of non traumaticand posttraumatic nasal deformities.Methodology: An observational, descriptive, retrospective study of all surgical casesto address non traumatic and post-traumatic nasal deformity at Hospital Universitariodel Caribe, Cartagena, Colombia is presented. Socio-demographic, assessment,management and evolution data were obtained and analyzed.Results: Eighteen patients were treated surgically for posttraumatic nasal deformitiesand 13 with non-traumatic deformities. The difference in time to progression waslower in patients with traumatic deformities. The main complaint was nasal obstructionand most common deformity were laterorrinia in both groups. Patients without nasaltrauma had more caudal deviations (p = 0.047) and saddle nose. Most procedureswere septorhinoplasties with turbinoplasty with closed approaches. There were fewcomplications, with results comparable to those reported in previous series.Conclusions: There was no difference between clinical features and management ofnasal deformities, other than progression time was shorter in the traumatic ones. Atthe Hospital Universitario del Caribe the most often surgical approach was closed.RESUMEN:Introducci¨®n: la septorrinoplastia es el procedimiento operatorio indicado para elmanejo quir¨²rgico de las deformidades nasales, y una de las intervenciones quir¨²rgicasm¨¢s frecuentemente realizadas en otorrinolaringolog¨ªa.Objetivo: identificar las caracter¨ªsticas cl¨ªnicas y de manejo de las deformidadesnasales postraum¨¢ticas y no traum¨¢ticas.Metodolog¨ªa: estudio observacional, descriptivo, retrospectivo, de todos los casostratados quir¨²rgicamente para solucionar deformidad nasal postraum¨¢tica y notraum¨¢tica en el Hospital Universitario del Caribe, Cartagena, Colombia. Se obtuvierony analizaron datos socio-demogr¨¢ficos, evaluaci¨®n, manejo y evoluci¨®n.Resultados: fueron manejados quir¨²rgicamente 18 pacientes para deformidadesnasales postraum¨¢ticas y 13 con deformidades no traum¨¢ticas. La diferencia en el tiempode evoluci¨®n fue menor en los pacientes con deformidades traum¨¢ticas. El principalmotivo de consulta fue la obstrucci¨®n nasal y la principal deformidad la laterorrinia, enambos grupos. Se observaron m¨¢s desviaciones caudales (p=0,047) y deformidadesen ¡°silla de montar¡± en pacientes sin trauma nasal. La mayor¨ªa de procedimientosfueron septorrinoplastias
%K Nose
%K Nasal disease
%K Nasal septum
%K Nasal bone
%K Acquired nasal deformities
%K Rhinoplasty.
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