Q. My nose was broken when I was young, so my nose is very crooked. Is it still possible to correct a crooked nose with surgery?

You’re curious about crooked noses.

A crooked nose can have several causes.

Broadly, there are cases where the bone is crooked, cases where the cartilage is crooked, and cases where both are crooked.

The directions can be the same or different, and the shape can vary, such as C-shaped or S-shaped.

When the bony part is crooked, “osteotomy” is often needed.

The crooked bone is being moved using osteotomy.

On the other hand, when the cartilage is crooked, the cause is often a deviated septal cartilage.

When a crooked nose is caused by cartilage, the cause is often the septum.

A representative procedure for correcting a crooked septum is a “spreader graft.”

With an expansion graft, cartilage is added to straighten the crooked septum.

As shown in the figure above, this is usually done using harvested septal cartilage as the material. There are also cases where the septum is crooked at the lower base, and correction is possible in those cases as well.

Swing door method: when the root of the septum is crooked, the crooked part is removed and then fixed back into the correct position.

As such, there are various methods depending on the cause, and these methods are combined depending on the type. What is exactly appropriate is determined through an actual consultation, and a surgical plan is made.

If you have any additional questions, please leave a comment!

Thank you :)

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