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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / July 2004What age to have Deviated Septum Surgery?
Hello, I recently took a CT Scan and confirmed tha tI have a deviated septum with a bone spur. At this time I am 27 years old, and have read that noses keep growing throughout our lives. Will corrective surgery for a deviated septum cause complication as the nose keeps growing? What age is best to have this surgery? All replies much appreciated.... Best regards, John Smith. >Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >All replies much appreciated.... You didn't specify why you want to have the surgery. Sure Well I often half one side of my nose blocked or at least obstructed to allow only 25% breathing. It's funny but if I pull the exterior nose skin apart it creates a space to breath a bit better. As mentioned in the above post I've have the deviated septum w/ bone spur confirmed. 8 Years ago I chickened out from a surgery, but find myself thinking about it quite often in recent times. It seems like a deviated septum only surgery is quite easy to perform and shouldn't take long to recover. But, as mentioned abofe I wonder if aging will somehow cause the same problems again. Feedback much appreciated. > >Hello, > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > You didn't specify why you want to have the surgery. >Sure > >Well I often half one side of my nose blocked or at least obstructed to >allow only 25% breathing. The turbinates swell alternately on opposite sides at about 6 hour intervals. That is normal. Now, the degree of the swelling or of the blockage may be excessive in your case. But is one side always wide open? If so, I am not sure that there is anything worth correcting unless you actually have sinus problems - you have not mentioned any. Is one side worse than the other? If not, again it may be hard to make a case for septal correction, although this is a subtle issue because the turbinate on the "wider" side may swell to compensate for the extra room. >As mentioned in the above post I've have the deviated septum w/ bone spur >confirmed. Yes, but so what, if it is not causing much of a problem? Some (not all) doctors are too eager to perform septal correction. Lots of people have minor deviations of no rela signficance. Things can go wrong in surgery...... >8 Years ago I chickened out from a surgery, but find myself thinking about >it quite often in recent times. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Feedback much appreciated. Based on what you've posted, it sounds like you've had trouble breathing, your doctor sited a deviated septum and recommended surgery, which you didn't have. Since you're considering having the surgery at this time, I'd go to a different doctor for a second opinion. It could be the deviated septum isn't what's causing the breathing problem, although it certainly could do that. I know it was only one of the things my ENT had to work on when I had my first surgery. I don't recall hearing that a deviated septum could return. I hear that a lot with regard to polyps, but not a deviated septum. If your suffering from breathing problems and not getting sufficient air into the one nasal passage, and a doctor giving a second opinion recommends surgery to correct it, I'd have the surgery. NOT having it just because it MIGHT return (which may or not even be true) doesn't make sense if you're suffering. Thanks for the replies. Well I'd definately say my sympoms are enough of an annoyance to want to do something about it. But isn't a deviated septum-only surgery somewhat easy? It seems all the horrow stories I hear of involve turbinate reduction or polyp stuff. > Based on what you've posted, it sounds like you've had trouble breathing, > your [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > return (which may or not even be true) doesn't make sense if you're > suffering. Having had sinus surgeries for turbinate reduction and other problems, including a deviated septum, I don't find it to be a very difficult surgery at all. I've had other surgeries over the years and I found this to be rather simple and only took a few days off from work. Then again, I was in my late 30s and early 40s (I'm 49 now) and I know some older people who took a full week off from work. Like everything else, it's one of those ymmv things (your mileage may vary). I still think when it comes to surgery, a second opinion is important and having the right surgeon is important. I've heard few horror stories about surgeries for turbinate reduction, etc., but I know they exist because their are some really bad docs out there who either recommend surgery that isn't necessary or don't know what they're doing during surgery. I say this so you're smart, not so you're scared, by the way. > Thanks for the replies. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > But isn't a deviated septum-only surgery somewhat easy? It seems all the > horrow stories I hear of involve turbinate reduction or polyp stuff. im 15 and i am getting it done in 3 weeks > im 15 and i am getting it done in 3 weeks I'm 34-- had mine three weeks ago! Also sinus surgery with turbinate removal on the (previously) deviated side. My deviation was mainly bone, with a spur, so once that is resected it's staying that way. Cartilaginous deviations can return because of something called cartilage "memory", the flexibility of cartilage and it's tendency to want to maintain a long-standing shape. The surgery and recovery were not that bad, about a week to back to work. |
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