Performance Of Glass In The Correction Of Saddle-nose Deformity:

Yousef Ahmed Nabil Agrama

SummaryCongenital malformations, systemic disease processes, andtrauma can all result in alteration of the nasal structural framework,causing functional nasal obstruction and altered facial cosmoses.Current methods for nasal reconstruction include autogenouscartilage and bone grafts and synthetic alloplastic materials.Synthetic materials play an important role in reconstruction ofsaddle nose deformity due to their advantages over the biologicalgrafts. Hydroxyl apatite is the material most widely utilized as it hasthe best results among all synthetic materials regarding to itsbioactivity and composition which resemble bone tissue.A comparative study of Bioglass® to hydroxyl apatiteconcluded that the Bioglass® was superior to hydroxyl apatite.The objective of this study is to determine the efficacy ofBioglass® as an implant reconstruction of saddle nose deformity inhuman being.. SummaryAugmentation of the nasal dorsum was performed in 20patients (14 were male and 6 were female) that were followed up for6 months post operatively. Their ages ranged from (19 to 42 Ys) thedeformities were in the from of saddle nasal nose due trauma inall cases.The cases were classified into 2 groupS according to approach>Group (A):- six cases with augmentation of saddle nosedeformity by Bioglass® particles through unilateral intercartilagin