Deviated Septum Surgery

Knowing More about Deviated Septum Surgery

Nose is one of the most important organs that can protect our body from bad influences on the environment. Do you have a problem with your nose such difficult to breathe on one side of your nose before or after sleeping? It is necessary for you to consult your doctor. It might you have a deviated septum. It is because the cartilage in your nose bends to the left or to right. Hence, you are recommended to undergo a deviated septum surgery which is also called septoplasty.

A deviated septum usually occurs due to congenital defects or injury of nasal trauma. Nasal trauma caused by many accidents that are blunt, so the risk of the trauma is several of complications such as infection, nasal obstruction, scarring and fibrosis, secondary deformities, sinusitis, and perforation of the nose. By time, trauma to the nose is divided into old and new trauma. The new trauma occurs because the callus was not yet fully formed and old trauma occurs when the callus hardened. Based on the relationship with the outer ear, there is such an open and closed trauma. Directions of trauma determine the damage, such as minor trauma caused by the trauma comes from the lateral, whereas severe trauma will lead to the nasal deviated septum. Nasal septum is part of the nasal cavity which divides right and left. Nasal septum serves as the support of the nose. It is divided into two anatomic parts including the anterior and posterior. The nasal septum is straight in the middle for normal position, but on adult, it is usually not perfectly straight in the midline. The deviated septum can cause nose obstruction if the deviation is severe. An accident on the face is the main factor for deviated septum in adults.

The symptom of most deviated septum is the difficulty to breathe with nose. Difficulty in breathing usually occurs on one nose, whether it is right or left. In some cases, the deviated septum may also cause sinusitis. The deviated septum surgery is performed to reposition the crooked cartilage by only taking out the excessive part. This surgery can be effectively to prevent further nose complication. After septoplasty there will be discomfort in the nose, therefore you need to take a pain relief (analgesic) in the first few days after the surgery. You have to avoid a direct contact of your nose. You also need to consume an antibiotic to avoid secondary infection.