Treatments
Ideal patients for nasal surgery
- You are well researched and know what you want.
- You had a good look at the info on this website.
- You have a combination of functional nasal problems and some aesthetic frustration
- You have realistic expectations regarding surgery and know perfection is not realistic.
- You are emotionally whole despite your nasal frustration.
- Your know your personality makes up for any deformity.
- You are doing this for yourself.
- You have a good friend or family member for support during the first 2 weeks after surgery
- Your work/business/family will allow you time off to recover for 10 to 14 days after surgery
- You trust Dr. van Wyk after the first consult.
Treatments
Treatments
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Sinus Surgery
When Sinus Surgery becomes an option:
- The surgery helps with stopping or reducing infections and helps with breathing through your nose, which are the main reasons for offering Sinus Surgery.
- Surgery may sometimes help with an improved sense of smell, improving headaches and better sleep, but these are not by themselves normally a reason for doing Sinus Surgery.
- The reason is that there are some risks involved in doing Sinus Surgery which will be fully explained to you before surgery.
- We have access to a Cone Beam CT Scan at Mediclinic Morningside that gives a roadmap to help safely operate in this delicate area of the body. The detail is amazing, with a pixel size of 25 microns.
- Image guidance goes further by showing Dr. Tselapedi-Sekeitto where an instrument is on the scan images during the actual surgery. This is normally reserved for revision or very challenging cases.
- Sinus Surgery is about 90% successful in reducing or stopping sinus infections but you may need to continue long term with nasal sprays to keep the benefit of the surgery.
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