Pj. Walker et al., EXTERNAL SEPTORHINOPLASTY IN CHILDREN - OUTCOME AND EFFECT ON GROWTH OF SEPTAL EXCISION AND REIMPLANTATION, Archives of otolaryngology, head & neck surgery, 119(9), 1993, pp. 984-989
Outcome and effect on nasal growth of external septorhinoplasty was ev
aluated in 32 children. All had septal disease anterior to the nasal s
pine. In all cases, the cartilaginous septum was totally excised, refa
shioned, and then reinserted. Sixteen children with follow-up for more
than 2 years were identified. Nine children had preoperative and post
operative nasal airflow studies and demonstrated a reduction in total
nasal airway resistance, from a mean untreated value of 6.1 cm of wate
r per centimeter per second preoperatively to a mean of 2.5 cm of wate
r per centimeter per second postoperatively. In 10 of these 16 childre
n, six post-operative anthropometric measures and one index were deter
mined, and these measurements were within the range of age- and sex-sp
ecific normative data from the Craniofacial Measurements Laboratory at
the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario.