Department of ENT, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Facial Plast Surg. 2022 Oct;38(5):461-467. doi: 10.1055/a-1786-8498. Epub 2022 Mar 3.
Titanium implants in the head have been used widely for decades. Dental implants as well as titanium plates, screws, and mesh have been an integral part of dental and maxillofacial surgery. In the nose, titanium implants were started in 2003. Their purpose is to increase structure and stiffness to nasal cartilages widening the airway. This overview describes the use of titanium implants in the various locations in the nose. We concentrate on three locations: Breathe Implants on the upper lateral cartilage to widen the internal nasal valve, modified breathe implants in the lower lateral nasal wall fixed to the piriform aperture as batten grafts to widen the external nasal valve, and flattened breathe implants as titanium septum plates to straighten and strengthen the nasal septum.
钛植入物在头部已经使用了几十年。牙科植入物以及钛板、螺丝和网已经成为口腔颌面外科的重要组成部分。在鼻子中，2003 年开始使用钛植入物。它们的目的是增加鼻软骨的结构和硬度，拓宽气道。本文综述了钛植入物在鼻子不同部位的应用。我们集中在三个部位：在上外侧软骨上使用呼吸植入物来拓宽内鼻阀，在下外侧鼻壁上使用改良的呼吸植入物固定在梨状孔处以作为板条移植物来拓宽外鼻阀，以及使用扁平呼吸植入物作为钛鼻中隔板来使鼻中隔变直和加强。
