I am having an adhesion removed (following septoplasty) under general anaesthetic. What sort of recovery time and complications can I expect? I am due to fly away on a weekend break 4 days later - is this too little time to recover? Thanks
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May 5, 2014
Answer: Recovery following surgery for adhesions in the nose
Good afternoon. After rhinoplasty (nasal surgery), the nose can become REALLY swollen, and this swelling can take a LONG TIME to resolve (up to 1-2 years to fully resolve). At only 3 weeks after surgery (at the time of you writing this question), it is still too soon to tell what the final...
Once fractured or dislocated (which deviates it), the septum needs to be corrected surgically. The cartilage and the bones of the septum may need to be trimmed, sutured and reinforced. Sorry, I wish it was simpler. I have attached a link to some crooked noses with very crooked...