Young's operation is an otorhinolaryngology procedure for atrophic rhinitis, first described by the surgeon Austen Young in 1967. It closes off the affected nasal cavity using mucocutaneous flaps sutured in two layers, mucosa and then skin, and the cavity is kept sealed for about six months before doctors examine whether the underlying crusting has resolved and consider reopening it in a further operation. Young performed the first such operation, closing both nostrils, on a patient in Sheffield in 1963; when the nose was reopened in 1965 the patient's symptoms had resolved, though with a lasting loss of smell and diminished taste.
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Why is the nose closed in Young's operation, and does it stay closed?
The closure stops airflow completely, and the nostrils are reopened after several months.
Young's method raises flaps of skin inside the nostril and sutures the flaps together so that airflow is completely interrupted. The closure is not permanent, because the nostrils are opened again after several months.
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Young's operation is a surgery designed for the treatment of atrophic rhinitis, first described by Austen Young in 1967.
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Young's operation is a surgery designed for the treatment of atrophic rhinitis, first described by Austen Young in 1967.
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