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Facial Plast Surg 2022; 38(02): 182-187
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1730961
Original Article

Partial Maxillectomy for the Improvement of Nasal Obstruction Can Be Combined with Septorhinoplasty

Rainer K. Weber
1   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
,
Evangelos I. Giotakis
2   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, 1st ENT University Clinic Athens, Athens, Greece
,
Tanja Hildenbrand
3   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Clinic Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
,
Werner Heppt
1   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Abstract

We describe the (anteromedial) partial maxillectomy technique which can be used to address impaired nasal breathing in cases of significant protrusion of the frontal process of the maxilla into the nasal cavity, narrowing the nasal pathway. It fits to nasal physiology avoiding mucosal resection. It can be combined with surgery of the inferior turbinate. The described technique can be used in all forms of rhinoplasty.

Keywords

partial maxillectomy - nasal obstruction - inferior nasal turbinate - lateral nasal wall - frontal process of the maxilla - septorhinoplasty


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Article published online:
22 July 2021

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