Risk Factors for Corrective Septorhinoplasty Associated With Initial Treatment of Isolated Nasal Fracture.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Initial treatment of nasal fractures can result in long-standing cosmetic or functional defects, but the risk factors for subsequent septorhinoplasty have not been explored.

Objective

To assess the risk factors for septorhinoplasty after the initial treatment of isolated nasal fracture.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective population-based analysis of US patients diagnosed with nasal fracture between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2015, used insurance claims data from the Commercial and Medicare Supplemental categories of the Truven Health MarketScan database. Of the 340 715 patients diagnosed with nasal fracture, 78 474 were included in the final study cohort, excluding those who did not meet enrollment criteria or were diagnosed with co

SUBMITTER: Li K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6248209 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature