Medicare may cover medically necessary deviated septum surgery, but there are specific rules and exclusions to be aware of.

Your septum is a thin wall of cartilage that runs down the center of your nose, separating your right and left nostrils. A septum piercing, however, should not penetrate the cartilage. Instead ...

Various autogenous graft options such as 6th costal cartilage, septal cartilage and conchal cartilage are very commonly considered whilst the 10th costal cartilage is scarcely reported. Objective and ...

Nose and nasal injuries can range from minor ones that can be treated at home to more serious issues that require ...

The top-down calcification process started with spherical mineral particle formation in the joint surface during early-stage OA (OA-E), followed by fibre formation and densely packed material ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of tissue, a soft and flexible ‘fatty cartilage’ that could revolutionize the treatment of traumatic injuries, birth defects, and cartilage-damaging ...

The research reveals that both structures are composed of elastic cartilage and shares gene control elements that hint at their connection. This finding sheds new light on the evolution of the ...

“Dear Barbara,” it begins, “The doctor here at Lackland AFB, in San Antonio, Texas, told me right after I endured six or seven needle shots of something, that I had something called a ‘deviated septum ...

A septoplasty addresses the cartilage and bone of the septum. It involves removing crooked tissues and bones in the center of your nose. A turbinate reduction involves decreasing the size of ...

The clinical treatment of cartilage defects is a significant challenge (Gomez et al., 2020; Mardones et al., 2020; Pattappa et al., 2020), as current methods do not provide an ideal graft for ...