Etiology
- Trauma
- Maldevelopment
Symptoms
- Nasal obstruction
- External deformity
- Crusting, epistaxis
Examination
“no history of truama, deviated septum” Z OSPE
Radiology
- Unnecessary in most cases
#Z OSPE
Treatment
- No treatment
- Septoplasty
Septoplasty
Cartilage
Septal
Deviation
Mucosal
lining and
perichondrium
are separated
from cartilage
Deviated
portion of
cartilage
removed
Lining
replaced &
splints (blue)
inserted
Complications of Septoplasty
- Septal hematoma & abscess
- Septal perforation
- Nasal deformity
- Synechia (adhesion)
