A Study of Anthropometric Measures Before and After External Septoplasty in Children

Abstract

Appropriate nasal septal surgery involving excision and subsequent reinsertion of a remodeled segment of the quadrilateral cartilage has no deleterious effects on development of the nose and midface. We question the absolute dogma that nasal surgery in children must always be avoided.

Utilizing Age of Menarche to Optimize Pediatric Rhinoplasty

“…In terms of specific changes in anthropometric measurements, there were notable similarities between the findings of our study and those in the literature. On average, both cohorts both had decreases in nasolabial angle and dorsum length, similar to findings of Tasca and Compadretti, 9 Bejar et al, 13 and El Hakim et al 3 Within Cohort 1, patients had increases in nasal tip projection and dorsal height, similar to findings in Bae investigation of Korean patients at Asan Medical Center 11 . Although these findings are interesting to consider, it is important to recognize that the absolute differences for our study, in addition to those of others, are quite small in magnitude; thus, further studies with a higher number of patients would better explore the implications of pediatric rhinoplasty on facial growth.…”

Nasolabial morphologic transformations after lefort-1 osteotomy — A prospective study

“…In the present study, a statistically significant reduction in the Nasal tip protrusion (sn-prn) 33 was observed (ie. p<0.05) 6 months post-operatively.…”

Nasal Growth after Pediatric Septoplasty at Long-term Follow-up

“…However, they also questioned whether shortened nasal dorsum might have been present preoperatively because of nasal deformity; thus, the question whether external septoplasty causes nasal dorsum growth retardation will be decided definitively only by prospective anthropometric studies. In a group of 26 patients undergoing septoplasty by external approach with removal and repositioning of the quadrangular cartilage and followed up for a mean period of 3.1 years, El-Hakim et al 16 confirmed this tendency, which, nevertheless, in this study, was not statistically significant. Walker et al 24 also failed to find long-term delays of facial growth 2 years after surgical removal–reposition of the quadrangular cartilage performed by an external approach.…”