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With a Report of an Operation on a Nine Year Old Boy

IRVING M. LEFKON, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1948;48(1):73-82.

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A SURGICAL operation on the nose may be safely undertaken at an early age without in any way impairing the future development of the organ. According to Salinger,¹ a deviated septum or twisted nose in a child should be corrected if it interferes with function, and in this opinion he is supported by Carter,² White³ and others. Cohen⁴ and Peer⁵ have reported good results for the repair of a dislocated nasal septum in a 4 year old child. A displaced nasal cartilage was reset on the fourteenth postnatal day by Metzenbaum,⁶ who called attention not only to the impaired breathing but to the difficulty in nursing. Ersner⁷ corrected this condition at birth. A child 2 years and 6 months old was operated on by Colver⁸ for bilateral occlusion of the choanae. He removed a portion of the posterior edge of the septum and breathing became normal. At the age of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Presented at the Scientific Session of the American Otorhinologic Society for the Advancement of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, New York.

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