Late results of nasal septum injury in children

• Published in: International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 137 - 141
• Main Author: BLAHOVA, O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.11.1985; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; correction of nasal septum; Ent, stomatology, face, injuries. Foreign bodies. Diseases due to physical agents: otorhinolaryngology; Follow-Up Studies; fracture of nasal bones; Humans; Manometry; Medical sciences; Nasal Septum - injuries; Nasal Septum - surgery; nasal septum deformity; nasal septum injury; Physical Examination; Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents; nasal septum injury; correction of nasal septum; fracture of nasal bones; nasal septum deformity; Human; Nose; Nasal septum; ENT disease; Bronchitis; Deviation; Child; Long term; Trauma; Sinusitis; Supervision
• ISSN: 0165-5876; 1872-8464
• DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(85)80025-2

In the period 1973–1982 241 children with nasal injuries were treated in ORL Clinics in Prague-Motol. The pathological septal findings were confirmed at the time by rhinoscopy in 98 cases (40%). In these cases, deviation, subluxation, or fracture were found 73 times, subperichondrial abscess 12 times, and heamatoma 13 times. At the time of control examination 2–10 years after the injury, the unfavourable effects of the injury on the septum or the nasal passage were confirmed. Deviation of the septum was found in 55% of children; bad or insufficient rhinomanometric values in 62%. The septal deviation was associated with snoring in 52%, with colds in 56%, and in 37% with bronchitis and sinusitis. It was found necessary to carry out surgical correction of the nasal septum in several children of the 10–12 year age group; rhinotomy was not deemed necessary in any case.