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F. HARBERT, M.D.
PHILADELPHIA

Arch Otolaryngol. 1940;31(2):339-341.

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The most common causes of saddleback deformities are abscess of the septum, too complete a submucous resection, trauma and some congenital anomalies. There is a growing and justifiable tendency to correct more moderate deformities, especially for persons in whom they cause a feeling of inferiority; but until recently only the more extreme deformities were routinely operated on. Beck and Guttman¹ cautioned against operating on patients who are psychically unstable or in whom the psychic disturbance is out of proportion to a minor defect, lest the operative procedure serve as a basis for a new obsession.

The saddleback nose is one of the easiest and most satisfactory of deformities to correct. The methods and materials are varied, however. Inert transplants, such as paraffin, gold, silver, celluloid and ivory, have been practically abandoned, although there are still some staunch advocates of the use of ivory.² The main objections are the rigidity of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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The opinions and assertions contained herein are the personal ones of the writer and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Navy Department or of the Naval Service at large.

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