OBJECTIVE: A new operative technique to improve nasal @entity340 by placement of cartilage struts along the alar rim was compared with the standard nasal valve cartilage graft (NVG) technique. METHODS AND @entity1 : A retrospective study of consecutive @entity1 with nasal @entity340 was performed at Stanford University Medical Center. Seventy-nine @entity1 with nasal @entity340 underwent reconstruction with either the classic NVG technique or a newly developed nasal alar rim reconstructive (NARR) procedure. The mean age of the NARR group was 50.13 years (SD +/- 9.40), with 36 @entity1 (92.3%) and 3 @entity1 (7.7%). The mean age of the NVG group was 52. 14 years (SD +/- 10.83), with 36 @entity1 (90%) and 4 @entity1 (10%). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: These included functional and subjective evaluation of nasal @entity340 . RESULTS: Forty @entity1 (50.6%) underwent the NVG technique, and 39 (49.4%) received the NARR procedure. The NVG technique revealed 0% worsened, 15.0% (6/40) unchanged, 25.0% (10/40) improved, and 60% (24/40) free of obstruction. The NARR procedure revealed 2.6% worsened, 2.6% unchanged, 7.7% improved, and 87.1% free of obstruction. CONCLUSIONS: Nasal alar cartilage struts placed along the caudal alar rim offers sufficient support to the alar rim and valve area. This procedure appears to be as effective as currently available reconstructive alternatives, while being technically uncomplicated.

Evaluation of a new procedure for nasal alar rim and XXXX : nasal alar rim reconstruction.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'PATIENTS', 'men'] @entity340 :: ('MESH:D006349', 'Disease') :: ['valve collapse']
@entity340 :: (MESH:D006349,Disease) :: ['valve collapse']
