Nasal stenosis after operations on the nose: expansion and subsequent maintenance of the nasal airway. Case report.
Nasal stenosis after operations on the nose may cause respiratory problems. We have re-established the patency of the nasal airway by controlled expansion of the nostril and nasal vestibule in seven patients. The airway was subsequently maintained with an individually adapted retention tube which was used intermittently as necessary.
Department of Plastic Surgery, Rikshospitalet, Norway.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009667:Nose Deformities, Acquired / Q000601:surgery*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods*