Seattle Sinus Surgery doctors

	William Portuese, MD Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon 1101 Madison St Suite 1280, Seattle		1 answer
	Thomas A Lamperti, MD Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon 1101 Madison Street Suite 700, Seattle
	Anifat Balogun, MD Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon 1551 NW 54th Street Ste 101, Seattle
	Sunil Ummat, MD Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon 3100 Carillon Point, Kirkland

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Corrective Surgery and Rhinoplasty for my Broken Sinus Cavity? I recently broke my sinus cavity and it has resulted to constant sinus infections. My surgeon (who is a top plastic surgeon) says he can fix this while also giving me a cosmetic Rhinoplasty. How does he do this? Is this done often? Could you give me more helpful information about this "dual" procedure?

A: Sinus surgery and a rhinoplasty can be performed at the same time

Sinus surgery and a rhinoplasty can be performed at the same time without any difficulty. Chronic sinus infections are caused by allergic nasal polyps located in the internal portion of the sinuses. It is these polyps that create repetitive sinus infections and is addressed through functional endoscopic sinus surgery whereby the polyps are removed. The fractured sinus cavity could be repaired at the same time. The rhinoplasty is performed on the external portion of the cartilage structures of the nose and is unrelated to any sinus issues.

William Portuese, MD

Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

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