A novel v- silicone vestibular stent: Preventing vestibular stenosis and preserving nasal valves

Wameedh Al-Bassam*, Deepa Bhargava, Rashid Al-Abri

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نتاج البحث: المساهمة في مجلةArticleمراجعة النظراء

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ملخص

This report presents a novel style of placing nasal stents. Patients undergoing surgical procedures in the region of nasal vestibule and nasal valves are at risk of developing vestibular stenosis and lifelong problems with the external and internal nasal valves; sequels of the repair. The objective of the report is to demonstrate a simple and successful method of an inverted V- Stent placement to prevent potential complication of vestibular stenosis and nasal valve compromise later in life. Following a fall on a sharp edge of a metallic bed, a sixteen month old child with a deep lacerated nasal wound extending from the collumellar base toward the tip of the nose underwent surgical exploration and repair of the nasal vestibule and nasal cavity. A soft silicone stent fashioned as inverted V was placed bilaterally. The child made a remarkable recovery with no evidence of vestibular stenosis or nasal valve abnormalities. In patients with nasal trauma involving the nasal vestibule and internal and external nasal valves stent placement avoids sequels, adhesions, contractures, synechia vestibular stenosis and fibrosis involving these anatomical structures. The advantages of the described V- stents over the traditional readymade ridged nasal stents, tubing's and composite aural grafts are: a) technical simplicity of use, b) safety, c) less morbidity, d) more comfortable, and e) economical. To our knowledge, this is the first report of such a stent for prevention of vestibular stenosis and preserving nasal valves.

اللغة الأصليةEnglish
الصفحات (من إلى)60-62
عدد الصفحات3
دوريةOman Medical Journal
مستوى الصوت27
رقم الإصدار1
المعرِّفات الرقمية للأشياء
حالة النشرPublished - يناير 2012

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