I was looking at my op report and although it is labeled as “septoplasty”, the procedure mirrors that of SMR. Among other numerous red flags, I was under the impression that the breathing part of surgery would be straightening of the septum. That is how it was described to me. Not removal. And certainly not JUST removal with no reconstruction using the excised cartilage. Can you please explain the differences so I can figure out what happened to me? SMR seems to prove detrimental to revision.
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It is hard to determine what you or the second surgeon mean by a 50 percent blocked nose or an 80 percent blocked nose as this is not proper medical terminology for a nasal evaluation. How would this doctor even know what you started with having never met you prior to your surgery? I would se...
The septoplasty could have been performed during your rhinoplasty since this would have been the easiest time to perform it in many ways. But, to answer the question that you are asking the group, yes you can absolutely get a septoplasty after having had a rhinoplasty.
When patients start out with asymmetry/deviation and subsequently undergo resectional rhinoplasty techniques without having any supportive grafting, the deformities often get worse.... you have an over-resected dorsum and tip that have yielded dorsal collapse, tip asymmetry and over rotationThe...