Septoplasty - Anatomy And Physiology
- The nasal septum is the wall dividing the nasal cavity into halves.
- The septum usually lies directly in the centre of the nose.
- It separates the left and right sides of the nose into passageways of equal size and rests on a bony ridge called the maxillary crest
- It is made up of a central supporting skeleton covered on each side by mucous membrane.
I'm 5 days post op. I must admit the pain level is around 2 or 3 minimum. I watched a lot of videos that were all saying how painful it was going to be. I'm pleasantly surprised at the pain level. Especially, since I had a tonsillectomy as well. I believe the key was to overlap the pain meds. I was given codeine and Tylenol to be taken every 4 hours. So, basically I was taking pain meds every 2 hour for the first 3 days now as needed.