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Am I able to still get sinus surgery and septoplasty when the bridge of my nose is bruised?

mpooley2Apr 10, 2016
My son accidentally head butted me in the bridge of my nose 5-6 days ago, it is still painful, with very slight swelling. I have a septoplasty and sinus surgery scheduled for tomorrow and can't get a hold of my ENT to ask him if I can still get the procedure. Does anyone have any insight on septoplasty with a bruised nose?

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Dr. William Portuese, MD
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... but I think what you've got is a bifid *tip*, rather than a bifid *septum*. We can see the little dent between your left and right tip cartilages.See the "Web reference" link, just below my response. I made a couple of computer morphs, and an animations of the morphs, to show the changes...

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