Surgeon wants to remove entire septum and replace with rib cartilage due to persistent devisation (s shaped bend)causing breathing difficulty despite 3 prior septoplasties 1.Is this common? 2.Once my nose has healed, will it feel any different to my normal septum? 3.Is it just the cartilage that is removed or would it be some of my rib bones too? 4.Does rib cartilage reabsorb? 5. If a septum is still deviated after so many surgeries (like mine is) is this the only option to straighten it? thanks
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