Open Roof Deformity Symptoms

Hump removal frequently results in an open roof during rhinoplasty which is conventionally closed with lateral osteotomies.

Open roof deformity symptoms.

Usually a split cleft in the lip or palate is immediately identifiable at birth. However if the patient has a narrow bony vault lateral osteotomies are problematic. In this article the author presents a new and practical approach to fix the open roof deformity. The best way to explain an open roof deformity is to start by explaining hump reduction rhinoplasty.

A split in the lip and roof of the mouth palate that affects one or both sides of the face. Although she was delighted with the results of the surgery at first ms morris developed an open roof deformity which causes a visible dent to appear over the bridge of the nose and found it worsened over time. When the lateral segments fail to align with the septal dorsum following osteotomies a gap which may be visually and palpably obvious results. The hump is removed with a scalpel essentially a slice of bone is taken away.

After the bone is sliced away the nose looks great on profile view. Other symptoms are similar to those seen with other orbital fractures including poor vision double vision pain with eye movement and pain with nose blowing.