Laser reshaping of nasal septum cartilage: clinical results for 40 patients

Emil N. Sobol; Alexander P. Sviridov; Victor N. Bagratashvili; Alexander I. Omelchenko; Yuriy M. Ovchinnikov; Anatoliy B. Shekhter; Valeriy M. Svistushkin; Alexander N. Shinaev

doi:10.1117/12.386265

17 May 2000 Laser reshaping of nasal septum cartilage: clinical results for 40 patients

Emil N. Sobol, Alexander P. Sviridov, Victor N. Bagratashvili, Alexander I. Omelchenko, Yuriy M. Ovchinnikov, Anatoliy B. Shekhter, Valeriy M. Svistushkin, Alexander N. Shinaev

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Proceedings Volume 3907, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems X; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.386265
Event: BiOS 2000 The International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2000, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Clinical results on sparing laser reshaping of nasal septum cartilage are reported for the first time. Forty patients have been treated with holmium laser to correct a deformed cartilage. The laser reshaping is a bloodless, painless procedure which takes few minutes to straighten nasal septum. The stability of the new shape and possible side effects have been examined during twelve months. The headache and other negative symptoms have disappeared, as a result of laser treatment for the most of patients. Rhinoscopic examination show an excellent long-term reshaping effects for nasal septum of 23 patients, and, also, good results for other 12 patients. For 5 patients only a little effect takes place. Our rhinomanometric examinations demonstrate a pronounced improvement of the breathing for 35 patients. No visible undesirable side effects were observed for all patients underwent to laser reshaping procedure.

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Emil N. Sobol, Alexander P. Sviridov, Victor N. Bagratashvili, Alexander I. Omelchenko, Yuriy M. Ovchinnikov, Anatoliy B. Shekhter, Valeriy M. Svistushkin, and Alexander N. Shinaev "Laser reshaping of nasal septum cartilage: clinical results for 40 patients", Proc. SPIE 3907, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems X, (17 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.386265

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