Showing posts with label External thermoplastic nasal splint. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Why is External Nasal Splint Used After Rhinoplasty Operation?

External nasal splint - Nasal bandage after the rhinoplasty - Nose job in İstanbul, Turkey - Rhinoplasty in İstanbul - External thermoplastic nasal splint
External nasal splint - Nasal bandage after the rhinoplasty - Nose job in İstanbul, Turkey - Rhinoplasty in İstanbul - External thermoplastic nasal splint

 

External Nasal Splints


Modern external nasal splints of very different construction


During nasal surgery, various interventions are made in the nasal bone and nostril cartilages. It takes about 6 months to fully heal the nasal bone after rasp and osteotomy (making bone fracture) made from the nasal bone. After nasal surgery, external nasal splints are used in order to keep the nasal bone within a certain pattern for the first week. Unlike the old nose plumbers, there are modern external nasal splints of very different construction.
 

External nasal splint - Nasal bandage after the rhinoplasty - Nose job in İstanbul, Turkey - Rhinoplasty in İstanbul - External thermoplastic nasal splint
External nasal splint - Nasal bandage after the rhinoplasty - Nose job in İstanbul, Turkey - Rhinoplasty in İstanbul - External thermoplastic nasal splint
  

External Nasal Splint Definition


External nasal splints are products that are applied on the nose after nasal aesthetic operations. The nose is left on the nose for 7-10 days, usually in the form of a mold, as part of the nose bandage, taking the shape of the upper side of the nose as appropriate. Thermoplastic, aluminum, with different characteristics such as color and porous structures to be available External nasal splints.

Why Use External Nasal Splint?


External nasal splints are products made of silicone or aluminum that are used to remove nose after nose operations, to ensure that bone fractures are stabilized, and to provide partial protection against external trauma. After nasal aesthetic surgeries, instead of the previously used, seemingly coarse and more difficult plaster sarcans, There are modern, practical and effective External nasal splint types available today. External nasal splints can be protective against trauma to a certain extent after nose surgery. It is especially protective against frontal trauma.


External nasal splint - Nasal bandage after the rhinoplasty - Nose job in İstanbul, Turkey - Rhinoplasty in İstanbul - External thermoplastic nasal splint
External nasal splint - Nasal bandage after the rhinoplasty - Nose job in İstanbul, Turkey - Rhinoplasty in İstanbul - External thermoplastic nasal splint

External nasal splints prevent excessive nasal edema and movement of the bone lamellae. By folding deeply over the nose, they prevent the formation of folded deformities in the nose dorsum. For this reason, it is useful to place an external nasal splint after all interventions that can be done with the nasal bone. External nasal splint placement is not necessary after nasal surgery, nasal aesthetic surgery, nasal lift surgery, deviation surgery and turbinate radiofrequency operation.

What Types of External Nasal Splints Are Available?


External nasal splint - Nasal bandage after the rhinoplasty - Nose job in İstanbul, Turkey - Rhinoplasty in İstanbul - Aluminium nasal splint


Ideal external nasal splint should be practically applied, should not cause an allergic reaction, be cheap and stabilize the shape of the nose in the best way. According to these properties, different products are available in the market for silicon and aluminum construction. External nasal splints are usually applied after bandage on the nose. In the nose photograph of the above patient, an aluminum External nasal splint placed after the nose bandage is seen. External nasal splints are usually close to skin coloring for camouflage. They do not catch stains and are smooth to prevent hanging clothes. Those in the perforated structure do not block the air transfer of the nose skin (The above photo shows an external aluminum nasal splint that is self-bandaging and can be placed without additional bandage on the nose).


Aluminium nasal splint

Aluminum nasal splints (External Aluminum Nasal Splint / The Denver Adhesive Nasal Splint / Self-Adhesive External Nasal Splint / Alu-Splint) can be easily placed after surgery. However, as the tissue volume due to nasal edema increases, they may loosen. Thefirst photos from the beginning are the "Thermal External Nasal Splint or Thermoplastic Nasal Splint" which is softened in hot water (71 ° C) and hardened by contact with cold water. This spacer remains untightened until it is hardened and remains the same until it is removed. Unlike the nasal bandage method (nasal cast) made with plaster wrap, these attachments can be applied in a much shorter time, and they look much better in terms of appearance and aesthetics.

external nasal splint

external nasal splint

 
New, external nasal splints that allow air passage prevent the nasal skin from being negatively impacted by air. Unlike the old nose casts, which caused the nose skin to undergo airless pressure for 1 week, new modern external nasal splints allow air contact of the nose skin. This reduces the risk of darkening or irritation in the nose.

External Nasal Splint


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