Preliminary Deformational Studies on a Finite Element Model of the Nasal Septum Reveals Key Areas for Septal Realignment and Reconstruction

Table 2

Resultant modal shapes for idealized septum models with an unrestricted and spring-supported nasal tip and in the patient-specific nasal septum model with a spring-supported nasal tip.

Idealized nasal septum models						Patient-specific nasal septum model
Unrestricted nasal tip			Spring-supported nasal tip			Spring-supported nasal tip
Mode	Anteroposterior loading	Dorsal and caudal in-plane loading	Mode	Anteroposterior loading	Dorsal and caudal in-plane loading	Mode	Frontal point loading
1	I	I	1	I	I	1	I
2	II	II	2	II	II	2	II
3	II	II	3	I	I	3	II
4	II	II	4	II	II	4	II
5	II	II	5	II	II	5	II
6	III	III	6	III	III	6	III
7	—	—	7	—	—	7	II
8	III	III	8	III	III	8	—
9	II	II	9	II	II	9	III
10	III	III	10	III	III	10	III