Bending Upper Lateral Cartilage with a suture to avoid nazal valv stenosis
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abstract
Internal nasal valve stenosis is a big problem before and after rhinoplastic surgery. It must be addressed especially in tension noses. In this video a horizontal matress suture bends the ULC to a certain extent rendering it a convex cartilage. Hence it leads a wider angle at the nasal valv after su...
rgery. Ozturan O, Miman MC, Kizilay A.: Bending of the Upper Lateral Cartilages for Nasal Valve Collapse. Arch Facial Plast Surg 4:258-261, 2002.
reason, objective, purpose
It is a treatment and it is a prophylactic approach for the internal nasal valve.
materials used
5-0 polypropylene suture
operation date
0002-00-00
publication info
presentation info
0002-00-00
RhinoIstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
