Case Report

Reconstruction with alar medial crural flap sliding in patient who has a widely columella and stenosis of the nasal vestibule

10.2399/tao.06.033

  • Ercan Akbay

Received Date: 28.10.2006 Accepted Date: 11.06.2007 Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2008;46(2):109-112

A patient who was performed open structure rhinoplasty six months ago applied to our clinic with complaint columellar thickness and stenosis of nasal vestibule. Bilaterally flaps including alar medial crura were performed for reconstruction. Satisfactory cosmetic and functionally results including an effectively thin on columella, augmentation on projection and expanding of nares was obtained by this surgical technique.

ÖZET

Açık teknik rinoplasti yapılmış, postoperatif kolumellada kalınlaşma ve vestibüler stenoz meydana gelmiş bir vakada alar kar-tilaj medial kruralarında bilateral kaydırma flebi uygulandı. Bu yöntemle nareslerde açılma ve kolumellada etkili bir incelme, projeksiyonda artışla beraber tatmin edici bir kozmetik ve fonksiyonel sonuç elde edildi.

Keywords: Stenosis of nasal vestibule, columella, rhinoplasty, complication, reconstruction.