Chemical septoplasty using papain enzyme—a feasibility study

Abstract Background Though surgery can correct nasal septal defects through a procedure called septoplasty, many people seek non-surgical options. Papain enzyme has been used in the past to lyse intervertebral disc and has shown to have a lytic effect on cartilage. Therefore, in this paper, the feas...

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Main Authors: Arun Angelo Patil, Amelia Simmons, Thomas Nilles-Melchert, Deepak Kumar Pandey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-10-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43163-021-00171-0