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Thanks for your post. In all likelihood, you should be fine despite the prolonged time with your splints in place. One concern, however, with the intranasal splints is whether your doctor is keeping you on antibiotics during these 14 days. Generally, it is not advisable to keep a foreign body in the nose for that long without prophylactic coverage.
Each surgeon has their own preference when to remove splints or post-operative bandages. This is frequently around the one week time period. I would talk with your surgeon and see if she/he has a specific reason to keep it on longer. If it is due to your surgeon's travel schedule, and you are concerned perhaps you could consider changing the date of your surgery to one that fits both of your schedules better.
Good morning! Do not worry about having the splints in for 14 days! Splints can be left for varying amounts of time between 7 to 14 days. It will not affect the end result at all. There are many occasions where splints will be left for 14 days on purpose for healing. Do make sure you keep taking antibiotics while the splints are in place. Happy healing.
PDO threads are not used to reshape the nose. The only way of truly accomplishing this is a well done rhinoplasty. Fillers can be used in a "non-surgical rhinoplasty" to add volume and accomplish some minimal changes (e.g. straighten a nose, remedy depressions, smooth out a hump, add some ti...
The bottom of your septum is off to the right side. This pushes an area of your tip cartilage (medial crural footplate) off midline. That's the bulge. Correction should involve caudal septoplasty and columellaplasty. Both can be done closed. A full open Rhinoplasty is not required.
I don't like the idea of making fine, definitive cosmetic-rhinoplasty changes right after a nasal fracture. The nose is swollen, the tissues have lots of dilated blood vessels, and you can't do the fine work to get the nose right where you want it. So in general, I tell my patients to wait about...
It is much appreciated your humble and conservative approach to your future surgeon, however I'll have you know the results can be model-like if the hands are well experienced.Just one suggestion: keep in mind your dorsal hump, now not an issue neither eye catching for you, may become a worry...
Hello and thank you for your question. The best advice you can receive is from an in-person consultation. It depends on your nasal anatomy. In my practice I often perform dorsal augmentation using diced cartilage wrapped in facsia which can avoid the risk of warping. Make sure you speci...
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