Publications by authors named "W Heppt"
Objective: Currently, there is an intensive discussion about enhancing and expanding outpatient rhinosurgical procedures. Many questions about how to stratify into out- and inpatient procedures are still not sufficiently clarified. Particularly, the use of nasal packing materials is not adequately discussed.
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- - Objective: There's an ongoing debate about which rhinosurgical procedures should be done on an outpatient basis versus inpatient, highlighting a lack of clarity, especially about nasal packing materials.
- - Material and Methods: A checklist was created to help categorize sinunasal procedures into inpatient or outpatient based on current research and identified risk factors.
- - Results and Conclusions: The study identifies specific sinunasal procedures best suited for inpatient treatment and provides a thorough checklist to guide decisions on procedure type and patient discharge readiness.
Cosmetic Rhinoplasty and Nasal Obstruction: What I Look for, How Do I Evaluate the Patient.
Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am
November 2024
The airway must not be ignored in cosmetic rhinoplasty operations, and it is important to address the 4 areas that restrict airflow namely the septum, the turbinates, the mid-vault, and the external nasal valve. Numerous techniques exist that treat these areas without any compromise in esthetic outcome. Techniques include lateral wall suture suspension methods, specialized sutures of the lateral crus, and articulated alar rim grafts.
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- - The current methods for objectively assessing nasal breathing are inadequate, prompting interest in using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as an alternative.
- - Various frameworks for applying CFD in clinical settings exist, but there is significant variation among them and no standardized approach is widely accepted yet.
- - This article discusses important factors that could influence the future development and potential integration of CFD technology in the field of rhinology (study of the nose).
Background And Objectives: This paper presents an overview on nasal packing materials which are available in Germany. The current literature is analyzed whether there are robust criteria regarding use nasal packing after sinonasal surgery, whether there are fundamental and proven advantages or disadvantages of products, and what this means in clinical practice.
Materials And Methods: Selective literature analysis using the PubMed database (key words "nasal packing", "nasal tamponade", "nasal surgery", "sinonasal surgery", or "sinus surgery"), corresponding text books and resulting secondary literature.