Is it best to perform Sinus Surgery and Rhinoplasty at the same time or separately?

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I have sinus disease in my frontal, ethmoid and maxillary sinuses. I am a pilot and have severe pain on occasion while flying, but have headaches and pressure in my face every day. I am just starting my career and do NOT want to use a nasal steroid the rest of my life and I have really bad rebound congestion after using afrin. The surgery is to open up my sinuses and enlarge the ostium. I do also want to get rhinoplasty but would prefer to only go through one surgery.

A. Joshua Zimm, MD · Answer

You can certainly have endoscopic sinus surgery and a rhinoplasty performed concomitantly.  The two are performed together not infrequently.  Just be sure to seek out a facial plastic surgeon with expertise in sinus surgery as well as rhinoplasty for an optimal result.  Best of luck.

Lisa Liberatore, MD · Answer

In many instances, patients want to address the appearance of the nose at the same time as the function of the nose. It is very safe to have surgery to correct both the breathing and the aesthetics of the nose at the same time. This avoids two anesthesia and sometimes  helps a little in reducing some of the expense of the rhinoplasty portion of the surgery.

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