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What is the medical term meaning surgical repair of the nasal septum?

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The surgical repair of nasal septum is nasal septoplasty. It is done in DNS; that stands for Deviated Nasal septum. In that procedure, the septum is chiseled and corrected. Septoplasty for a perforated septum involves the surgeon making a plastic button that fits exactly into the defect and stays in place like a collar button.
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