Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-xbtfd Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-13T01:54:47.717Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Tragal cartilage inferior turbinate mucoperiosteal sandwich graft technique for repair of nasal septal perforations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. Hussain*
Affiliation:
Albany, New York
N. Kay
Affiliation:
Albany, New York
*
Akhtar Hussain, M.D., F.R.C.S., Division of Otolaryngology A-41, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York 12208

Abstract

Ten cases of large nasal septal perforation were repaired with a tragal cartilage inferior turbinate mucoperiosteal sandwich graft technique with 70 per cent success rate over a follow-up period of up to 24 months. The technique is described in detail. The results are comparable to other techniques.

Type
Main Articles
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Belmont, J. R. (1985) An approach to large nasoseptal perforations and attendant deformity. Archives of Otolaryngology, 111: 450455.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Fairbanks, D. N. F. (1980) Closure of septal perforations. Archives of Otolaryngology, 106: 509513.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Goodman, W. S., Strelzow, V. V. (1982) The surgical closure of nasoseptal perforations. Laryngoscope, 92: 121124.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Karlan, M. S., Ossoff, R., Christu, P. (1982) Reconstruction of large septal perforations. Archives of Otolaryngology, 108: 433436.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kridel, R. W. H., Appling, D. A., Wright, W. K. (1986) Septal perforation closure utilizing the external septorhinoplasty approach. Archives of Otolaryngology, 112: 168172.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed