Meanings of septal perforation in English

BACKGROUND Nasal septal perforation (NSP) may alter nasal airflow patterns and physiology.

All patients with symptomatic septal perforation who underwent septal perfoplasty within the timeframe reviewed were included.

Main Outcomes and Measures: Creation of a well-mucosalized septal perforation, combined with patient-reported acceptable symptom control, was the primary outcome.

To demonstrate that creation of favorable septal perforation characteristics is effective in managing symptoms and improving patient quality of life.

A 71-year-old woman with autoimmune hemolytic anemia underwent an emergency endocardial patch repair for ventricular septal perforation after acute myocardial infarction.

Conclusion: Custom septal buttons created using computed tomography are effective in relieving symptoms from large septal perforations.

Subjects: Ninety-five patients with symptomatic septal perforations repaired with custom Silastic septal buttons fashioned from reformatted computed tomographic images.

Importance: Symptomatic septal perforations are often difficult to manage and can have a significant impact on patient quality of life.

The treatment of four patients with unusually large septal perforations by custom-carved prostheses sized using computerized axial tomographic scanning is described.

One hundred seventy-one patients had closure of symptomatic nasal septal perforations by insertion of a Silastic nasal septal prosthesis between June 1972 and August 1981.