Plastic surgeon uses new tool to perform surgery on 6-year-old boy

Today Dr. Steven Pearlman will be implementing a newly FDA-approved tool that may help plastic surgeons improve revision rhinoplasty surgeries.

Dr. Pearlman will be using the PDS plate, an absorbable and structural support, to perform a nasal reconstruction on a 6-year-old child, who fell and, as a result, smashed his nose. After a repair surgery with a local physician, the child’s nose began dropping, and he began to experience trouble breathing.

The PDA plate has seen success in Europe for several years. The device supports the nasal structure for approximately three months, providing the nose with enough stability to allow cartilage bonding to re-occur.

“The cartilage in our nose is fragile and the reconstruction needs to be correctly and thoroughly supported to heal perfectly,” states Dr. Pearlman. “The PDS plate is an excellent new product that will help improve the results in revision rhinoplasty and revision septoplasty.”

In the past few decades, improvements in rhinoplasty technologies have been boosting patients’ satisfaction. According to BusinessWeek, computer imaging software has helped give patients a more accurate image of what they will look like post-surgery.