Osteotomy To Close Roof

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Osteotomy to close roof.

Medial osteotomies are generally difficult to perform and should be used judiciously. Nasal osteotomies are a cornerstone step for closing an open roof deformity after dorsal hump surgery. In most patients a single lateral osteotomy reaches the expected result with excellent cosmetic outcome good stability and rapid healing. Moreover the election of the technique responds to surgeon s preference.

Osteotomies consisting of medial intermediate and lateral are usually performed to close an open roof straighten a deviated nose or septum and narrow a wide bony nasal vault. 1 2 the surgeon has to make an accurate planned osteotomy which depends on the type of existing deformity. Lateral osteotomy is used to close a nasal dorsum open roof and to narrow or straighten the nasal pyramid. You may be given general anesthesia to keep you asleep and free from pain during surgery.

We are going to focus on the osteotomies. The type of anesthesia will depend on what other surgery is being done with the osteotomy. Lateral osteotomy is a very important step in a cosmetic rhinoplasty. Notwithstanding the optimal method of nasal osteotomy remains controversial as evidenced by the variety of approaches with no consensus between authors.

The remaining steps of rhinoplasty are beyond the scope of this communication. Lateral osteotomies are completed in either a low to low or low to high fashion. This protocol is performed less often and is preferred for correction of a minor roof opening or mobilization of a moderately wide nasal base 5low to low osteotomy is more powerful as it results in more medial movement of the nasal bone 5therefore the low to low osteotomy is more widely used to correct a large open roof and excessively wide nasal base 5like the low to high approach this procedure also begins low along the piriform aperture and remains low all the way up to the inner canthus. It allows the surgeon to narrow the nose to close the open roof created after hump removal and to achieve symmetry of an asymmetrical nasal bony framework.

Complications of lateral osteotomy include. You may instead be given anesthesia in your spine leg or foot to numb the surgery area.