Abstract

This study evaluates the impact of different hump takedown techniques, namely the conventional hump resection with midvault reconstruction, the push-down (PD) and the let-down (LD) procedures, on the INV dimensions.In this cadaveric study, six heads were divided randomly into either the conventional hump resection technique (Group A; n?=?6 sides) or DPR techniques (n?=?6 sides). This latter group was subdivided such that initially a PD procedure was performed (Group B; n?=?6 sides), followed by a LD procedure on the same heads (Group C; n?=?6 sides). A validated radiological method was used to measure the INV angle and cross-sectional area (CSA) in a modified coronal plane both pre- and post-procedurally.Group A did not show significant reduction in the INV angle nor in CSA (p?=?0.068 and p?=?0.156, respectively). In the push-down group (B), we observed a mean change of 2.05° in the angles and 0.3 cm2 in the CSA (p?=?0.0163 and p?

View details for DOI 10.1007/s00266-020-01627-z

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