FEATURES OF THE STRUCTURE AND SURGICAL CORRECTION OF THE NASAL SEPTUM OF 11-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN

Abstract

The article presents the results of a study conducted to examine the age-related characteristics of nasal septum growth in 11-year-old children. Researchers analyzed nasal septum samples from 30 children's cadavers. Among these, 3 cadavers belonged to 11-year-olds. Additionally, for comparison, researchers used nasal septum samples from the cadavers of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10-year-old children (4 samples from 4, 5, and 6-year-olds, and 3 samples from 3, 7, 8, 9, and 10-year-olds). The nasal septums, along with the upper and lower walls of the nasal cavity, were removed from the skull cavity, skeletonized, and then subjected to morphometric analysis. The study revealed that the size and area of the nasal septum and its various structures develop unevenly at each examined age. At 11 years, a rapid increase in the height and area of the nasal septum is accompanied by an increase in the vertical diagonal of the quadrangular cartilage, the vertical dimensions of the vomer, as well as the height and area of the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone. Age-specific features of the development of the anatomical components of the nasal septum in 11-yearold children may be important during surgical interventions. Thus, the obtained data can serve as a basis for proposing incision methods for cartilage, sphenoid bone, and perpendicular plate during corrective surgeries on the nasal septum, which do not hinder their further age-related growth.