Guest guest Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 My daughter, Sami, had the transnasal wiring last spring. The transnasal wiring was done with a small wire placed through the nasal septum to pull the corners of the eyes closer (corrects the telecanthus) and also gives them a more natural look with pointed inner corners. She also had multiple z-plasties also which were done with Z-like incisions to remove the extra skin folds. The surgeon also placed a "meltable" plate over the bridge of the nose which he said would melt over 6 months or so and give her a more prominent bridge instead of being flattened, as is commom with BPES. The surgery was about 3 1/2 hours long but she looked much better than I expected afterwards. There was some swelling at the bridge of the nose and just two small incisions on each side of the nose by the inner corners and small incisions at the outer corners of the eyse that were sutured. She recovered well. The worst part was having the sutures removed. They can't use ones that disolve because of the swelling. They ended up giving her a sedative and holding her down. Never again. After that, she's always been given anesthesia for any suture removals. The transnasal wiring was very "tight" at first with very pointed corners. However, the surgeon thinks the sutures may have slipped and will make a decision later on as to if he wants to go back in and tighten them again. I have posted some pictures but will post one of her right after the transnasal wiring surgery. Patty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 I've never heard of a a transnasal wiring, but it almost sounds like what they did to me when i was a kid. Of course they didn't use wiring. They actually drilled a hole through my nose at the corners of the eyes and used fishing weights. I'm not quit sure what the fishing weights did though. I can remember when i got out of the hospital i had patches on both my eyes. I wasn't allowed to take them off and of course being a 6 yr old i wanted to see. I would pull my cheek down and lift my head so i could see below the patch. Every time i did that a fishing weight would fall out and i could never get it put back in right so my mom would know that i was " peeking " . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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