Lateral Wall Insufficiency after Septal Reconstruction

Shannon Rudy; Sami P. Moubayed; Sam P. Most

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1603786

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Facial Plast Surg 2017; 33(04): 451-452
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1603786

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Lateral Wall Insufficiency after Septal Reconstruction

Shannon Rudy

¹Department of Otolaryngology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

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Sami P. Moubayed

²Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

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Sam P. Most

³Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

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28 July 2017 (online)

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Anterior septal reconstruction (ASR) is a form of extracorporeal septoplasty used to treat anterocaudal septal deviation. Some patients also suffer from lateral wall insufficiency (LWI), where the lateral nasal wall collapses on inspiration. Specific therapies are used to treat LWI, but the isolated effect of ASR on LWI has not previously been studied. We hypothesized that patients undergoing ASR would experience improvement in LWI severity given the decrease in nasal resistance.