Crooked nose and its management-our experience

Aim: to find out the causes of crooked nose and results of external approach septorhinoplasty. methods: this is prospective longitudinal study carried out at department of ent shaikh zayed hospital lahore between 31st nov 2009 and 31st july 2011. there were 40 patients who were selected from opd came with nasal blockage and external nasal deformity. age less than 16 years and other nasal deformities were excluded. results: causes of external nasal deformities include: developmental 21,traumatic. 9. residual or recurrent nasal deformity with nasal blockage after surgery 6 and 4 patients with idiopathic causes. all patients were operated external approach septorhinoplasty. out of 40 patients 34 patients got straight septum with good airway and on patient's subjective response,85% patients were satisfied with the shape of the nose,while 6 patients which are about 15% were not satisfied with shape of nose. conclusion: developmental cause followed by trauma was the most common cause of external nasal deformity. external approach septorhinoplasty is an excellent procedure correcting both external shape and as well as nasal septum.