Internal nasal implant to correct nasal valve obstruction.
A simple method of correcting nasal valve obstruction is described. The procedure both widens and strengthens the nasal wall at this area. A flat piece of septal cartilage is placed so that it straddles the dorsal margin of the septum internal to the upper lateral cartilages which are not divided but remain in continuity across dorsum.
D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous