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Rhinology/Allergy pages |
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Septal perforation repair |
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Septal perforation measuring 1.5cm in diameter after alloderm is placed into the defect via a septoplasty incision. A flap of mucosa was turned on the opposite side to cover the "fascia" side of the dermis. |
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The same perforation as above at two weeks following repair with Alloderm, an allograft material. Note the ingrowth of vascular tissue onto the graft material. |
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Septal perforations can be fairly sizeable, as this picture demonstrates. This patient complained of nasal obstruction despite a wide open nasal passage. |
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The same patient as above seen intraoperatively with a large sheet of Alloderm exposed on one side. |
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