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Functional surgery alleviates breathing problems
and improves taste and smell.
- The nose is the interface between the atmosphere and the lungs.
- Poor breathing causes chronic fatigue and substantially affects wellbeing.
- Breathing difficulties could have a number of different causes.
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Vitality and purpose
During a single day, we inhale and exhale around
17 000 times, taking in some 100 cubic metres of air. The nose humidifies, filters and warms or cools air before it reaches the lungs, and during this process, our entire body is energised and detoxified. Imagine then, the negative effects of shallow chest or mouth breathing, congenital defects or accidental damage to the internal channels of the nose -- all of which hamper these vital processes.
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Do you need functional nasal surgery?
If you are the victim of functional nose problems, it can sap your vitality, your wellbeing and your health. Such problems are indicated by
- a frequently stuffy or blocked nose
- a dry, irritated throat
- the loss of smell and taste
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What can functional nasal surgery do for you?
Functional surgery will restore your normal breathing and/or reinstate your damaged or deformed nose to its natural shape and function.
If you suffer from enlarged turbinates, which affect the amount and quality of air you inhale through your nose, your nasal channels could be narrowed by means of surgical trimming.
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Since such trimming can affect the external shape of your nose, the Nose Clinic's specialist surgeon will also ensure that the correct, cosmetic proportions of your nose are maintained while nasal function is improved.
We may also recommend septoplasty, which means that the channels created by deviations to the septum will be widened or that a hole in this dividing nasal wall will be closed up. During the latter procedure, the hole will mostly be closed by means of septal cartilage harvested from your nose, or 'bank' donor cartilage in conjunction with imported Alloderm grafting material. |
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4. We trim just enough of the septal cartilage and bone to correct deviations, maintain support and create maximum breathing space.
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2. To gain entry to the septal cartilage and bone, and to preserve as much of the delicate mucosal lining as possible, we make the incisions inside your nose.
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3. Once we have elevated or lifted the mucosal lining we can trim, re-shape, reposition or remove sections of the deviated septum and bone.
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1. The crooked cartilage and bone of a deviated septum can block and interfere with your breathing and sinus drainage.
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Turbinate surgery addresses blockages in the nose
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4. We remove just enough inferior turbinate bone and mucosa to increase the breathing space and allow the turbinates to function. The result: vital comfortable breathing. |
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3. We reduce the size of the turbinate by removing bone and in some cases, excess mucosa. The margins of the mucosa are often cauterised.
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1. Enlarged turbinates interfere with your breathing and the proper draining of your sinus cavities. Note how we adhere to the triangular guidelines to maintain the ideal shape of your nose.
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2. We make an incision along the undersurface of the inferior turbinate so that we can lift or elevate the mucosa off the turbinate bone.
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