Could Your Patient Have Swallowed Their Nasal Splint After Septoplasty? Seeing is Believing.

Aesthet Surg J

Dr Mundinger is a Craniofacial Fellow/Acting Instructor, Division of Craniofacial Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA. Dr Shanavas is a gastroenterologist in private practice in Germantown, MD. Dr Kontis is an Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

Published: February 2016

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