Reconstruction of the nasal valve

被引:12
作者
Bottini, Davide J. [1 ]
Gentile, Pietro [1 ]
Arpino, Alessia [1 ]
Dasero, Giuseppe [1 ]
Cervelli, Valerio [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dept Plast & Reconstruct Surg, Rome, Italy
关键词
reconstruction; nasal valve; composite graft;
D O I
10.1097/scs.0b013e318052ff30
中图分类号
R61 [外科手术学];
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摘要
The authors present their experience with reconstructive nasal valve surgery, evaluating the effects related to the use of a composite graft, which is a graft made of skin and cartilage, or mucosa and cartilage, and to the transposition of mucocartilaginous flaps. A sample of 15 patients (12 women and three men) selected among 452 cases treated with functional and aesthetic rhinoplasty at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the "Tor Vergata" University of Rome was analyzed. Patients were between 25 and 50 years of age, with a mean age of 40 years, and were treated with secondary rhinoplasty for valvular stenosis. Of these patients, 12 had functional problems of the internal and external nasal valve, and three had internal valve stenosis. In our sample of 15 patients, respiratory symptoms improved at short- and long-term follow up. In all cases, a good aesthetic result was obtained. The patients were not satisfied with the aesthetic result in only three cases as a result of enlargement or asymmetry of the external valvular area. In 11 cases, an "open tip" rhinoplasty was performed with a retroauricular skin-cartilage composite graft to correct internal-external valvular stenosis. In all the cases of internal valvular stenosis (three patients) and in one case of internal-external valvular stenosis, a transposition of mucocartilaginous flaps with a section of the mucosa of the upper lateral cartilage was performed.
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页码:516 / 519
页数:4
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