Nasal fractures in children |
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Authors: | T A Mustoe MD L B Kaban J B Mulliken |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at The Harvard Medical School and School of Dental Medicine and The Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;(2) Division of Plastic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Suite 17424 East Pavilion, 4949 Barnes Hospital Plaza, 63110 St. Louis, MO, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary A group of thirty children with nasal fractures was evaluated retrospectively by means of a questionnaire and hospital records. Age at the time of injury ranged from age 3 to 12 (mean = 8.6) years and mean follow-up period was 9 years. Eight patients reported some degree of nasal obstruction post reduction, but only one patient required submucous resection and two patients underwent septorhinoplasty for appearance. No patients reported class III malocclusion, or required orthodontic treatment or maxillofacial corrective surgery for maxillary hypoplasia. We concluded that a childhood nasal fracture treated by closed reduction does not have deleterious effects on facial or nasal growth.This work was supported in part by the Brigham Surgical Group Foundation, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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Keywords: | Nasal fractures Children Nasal growth Growth deformity |
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