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Treatment of external nasal valve (alar rim) collapse with an alar strut

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

A. Kalan ,
G. S. Kenyon  and
T. A. R. Seemungal
A. Kalan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Respiratory Medicine, The Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, U.K.
G. S. Kenyon
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Respiratory Medicine, The Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, U.K.
T. A. R. Seemungal
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology and Respiratory Medicine, The Royal Hospitals NHS Trust, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, U.K.
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Abstract

Alar (external valve) collapse may be iatrogenic or can occur as a consequence of ageing or trauma. We have utilized an autogenous cartilage graft inserted as an underlay graft to the alar rim to treat 17 patients who have presented with nasal obstruction due to alar collapse. We report the short- and medium-term functional results and the cosmetic sequelae of our approach and conclude that this procedure offers an improvement in nasal airway performance in patients with external valve collapse without producing serious adverse cosmetic sequelae.

Keywords

NoseNasal ObstructionSurgery, Plastic
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 115 , Issue 10 , October 2001 , pp. 788 - 791
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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