Chapter
1.1 Front Door to Nasal Cavity
1.2 Medial Wall of Nasal Cavity: Nasal Septum
1.2.2 Perpendicular Plate of Ethmoid
1.2.4 Septal Crests of Palatine and Maxillary Bones
1.3.1 Lateral Wall of Nasal Cavity
1.4 Ceiling of Nasal Cavity: Nasal Vault, Ethmoid Cells, and Frontal Sinus
1.5.1 Palatine Process of Maxilla
1.5.2 Horizontal Process of Palatine Bone
1.6 Back Door of Nasal Cavity
2.1 Normal Nasal Physiology
2.1.1 Mucous Blanket and Mucociliary Clearance
2.1.2 Innate Mucosal Immunity
2.1.3 Nasal Sensation/Innervation
2.2 Abnormal Nasal Physiology
2.2.1 Disorders of Mucociliary Transport
2.2.2 Infection and Inflammation
2.2.3 Exposure to Ciliotoxic Agents
2.3 Tests of Nasal Physiology
2.3.2 Acoustic Rhinometry
2.3.3 Mucociliary Transport
3. Nasal Septum and Nasal Wall Vascularization
3.2 Branches of Maxillary Artery (Arteria Maxillaris)
3.2.1 Sphenopalatine Artery (Arteria Sphenopalatina)
3.2.2 Posterior Superior Alveolar Artery (Arteria Alveolaris Superior Posterior)
3.2.3 Infraorbital Artery (Arteria Infraorbitalis)
3.2.4 Descending Palatine Artery and the Greater Palatine Artery (Arteria Palatine Descendens and Arteria Palatine Major)
3.2.5 Artery of Foramen Rotundum
3.2.6 Artery of Pterygoid Canal or Vidian Artery (Arteria Canalis Pterygoidei)
3.2.7 Pharyngeal Branch or Pterygovaginal Artery (Ramus Pharyngeus)
3.3 Branches of Facial Artery (Arteria Facialis)
3.3.1 Superior Labial Artery (Arteria Labialis Superior)
3.3.2 Lateral Nasal Artery (Arteria Lateralis Nasi)
3.4 Branches of Ophthalmic Artery (Arteria Ophthalmica)
4. Nasal Perforation Etiology
4.3.2 Intranasal Drug Abuse
4.3.3 Occupational Exposure
5. Systemic Diseases Associated with Septal Perforation
5.1.4 Human Immunodeficiency Virus
5.2 Multisystemic Disorders (Vasculitis and Autoimmune Diseases)
5.2.1 Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
5.2.2 Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
5.2.4 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
6. Preoperative Clinical Evaluation of Patient
7. Conservative Treatment
7.4 Conservative Treatment
7.4.4 Hemostatic and/or Reabsorbable Agents
7.5 Symptom-Based Treatment
7.5.2 Crusting and Nasal Congestion
8. Nasal Perforation and Septal Prosthesis
8.3.1 Prefabricated versus Custom Made
8.7 Points of Difficulty and Technical Solutions
10. Repair of Nasal Septal Perforation by Using Middle Turbinate Flap
11. Inferior Turbinate Flap
11.4.1 Sinonasal Cavity Preparation
11.4.2 Posteriorly Based Inferior Turbinate Flap: Surgical Technique
11.4.3 Anteriorly Based Inferior Turbinate Flap
11.4.4 Postoperative Care
12. Lateral Nasal Wall Flap
12.4.1 Sinonasal Cavity Preparation
12.4.2 Detailed Surgical Technique
13. Anterior Ethmoidal Artery Septal Flap
13.2 Relevant Analytical Factors
13.4 Complications and Technical Solutions
14. Unilateral Mucosal Advancement Flap
14.2.2 Suturing Techniques
14.2.3 Interposition Graft
14.2.4 Insertion of Silastic Sheet and Postoperative Care
15. Bilateral Cross-Over Flap Technique
15.2 Preoperative Considerations
15.4.1 Step 1. Creation of Flaps
15.4.2 Step 2. Positioning of Flaps
16. Bilateral Septal Mucosal Flaps in Septal Perforations
17. Unilateral Nasal Floor and Inferior Meatus Flap
17.5 Complications and Technical Solutions
17.7 Advantages and Limitations
18. Facial Artery Musculomucosal Flap
18.3.1 Facial Artery Pedicle
18.3.2 Facial Artery Musculomucosal Flap
18.4.3 Facial Artery Identification
18.4.5 Distal Flap Preparation
18.4.7 Closure of Donor Site
18.4.8 Postoperative Care
19. “Slide and Patch” Technique
19.3 Advantages and Disadvantages
19.6 Complications and Technical Solutions
20. Backward Extraction-Reposition Technique of Quadrangular Cartilage
20.2 Surgical Anatomy and Operative Implications
20.5 Complications and Technical Solutions
21. Pericranial Flap and Endoscopic Septal Repair
21.2.3 Sensory Innervation to Scalp
21.5 Complications and Technical Solutions
22.1 Objective Assessment
22.2 Subjective Assessment
23. Endoscopic Repair for Septal Perforation: Algorithm
23.2 Relevant Analytical Factors