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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2005;7:413.

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Technology continues to transform the practice of medicine, and nasal surgery is no exception. In this issue of the ARCHIVES, Dr Raynor¹ reports on the successful treatment of 29 patients with symptomatic septal deformities using a power-driven endoscopic microdebrider. The powered microdebrider not only provides a less invasive surgical approach, it also offers the advantages of improved visualization, precise cartilage resection, and few surgical complications. Although this technology will no doubt gain immediate popularity among rhinologic surgeons (many of whom are already using microdebriders for turbinate reduction, nasal polypectomy, and sinus osteotomies), the procedure may prove less appealing to the rhinoplasty surgeon, who frequently needs undamaged septal cartilage for use in augmentation grafting. Moreover, the typical cosmetic surgeon may not have ready or convenient access to the microdebrider or associated endoscopic visualization equipment. Nevertheless, for select patients with mucosal contact headaches, osteomeatal complex obstruction, or symptomatic nasal airway . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Richard E. Davis, MD

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