Video of Surgery to Stop Brain Fluid from Leaking Out the Nose

A new video has been uploaded demonstrating the surgical technique of stopping brain fluid (aka, CSF leak) from coming out the nose. Normally, there should be no hole that communicates between the brain and the nose. However, in some patients, this hole may be present secondary to sinus surgery, head trauma, or simply bad luck. In essence, the steps to plug up this abnormal hole are as follows: 1) Fluorescein injected into the spinal fluid before surgery. Fluorescein makes the brain fl…

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Large Bulbous Nose Rhinoplasty [VIDEO]

A  new video  has been produced showing how a large nasal tip or bulbous nose is corrected. This video was created with  Dr. Stephen Park  who is a Professor and Vice-Chair of Otolaryngology, Division Chief of Facial Plastic Surgery. This is the third of 5 videos that will be created describing the most common rhinoplasty procedures. The first was  nasal hump removal  which can be watched  here . The second was the saddle nose deformity rhinoplasty . Please keep in mind that although  …

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Saddle Nose Deformity Nose Job [VIDEO]

A  new video  has been produced showing how a "saddle nose" or "ski-slope nose" is corrected. This video was created with  Dr. Stephen Park  who is a Professor and Vice-Chair of Otolaryngology, Division Chief of Facial Plastic Surgery. A saddle nose deformity is when the nose bends downward between the forehead and tip of nose resulting in a shape similar in appearance to a ski jump slope. It could be congenital or acquired. Acquired causes include prior rhinoplasty, in…

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Baby Born Without a Nose

You may have noticed in the news about a baby born without a nose in Alabama on 3/4/15. Very cute little baby named Eli. As media noted, this condition known as congenital arhinia is extremely rare occurring about 1 in 197 million. In fact, there's only 40 known cases in the world currently. When an infant is born unable to breath thru the nose, this is a life-threatening condition because newborns are not able to breath thru the mouth. They are known as obligate nasal breathers. Beca…

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US Gymnast Maroney Suffers Nasal Fracture

World vault champion McKayla Maroney on the US gymnastics team suffered a nasal fracture during pre-meet training when she over-rotated at the end of a tumbling run and fell hard earlier this month. She also suffered a concussion. A visit to the ER revealed her injuries. Apparently no surgical intervention was pursued. This case illustrates that most nasal and even facial fractures do NOT require surgical repair. The key elements that lead towards a decision for facial and/or nasal fra…

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Toddlers Unable to Tell If They Mispronounce a Word (Thereby Can't Auto-Correct)

Older children and adults constantly monitor what they say and automatically correct or self-adjust when they hear a peach error... oops, sorry I meant to say "speech" error. Such auditory feedback error correction however is not something we are born with. Rather it seems to be a skill that develops sometime between ages 2 and 4 years according to a new study . " Researchers had adults, four-year-olds, and two-year-olds say “bed” repeatedly. But scientists filtered th…

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