Treatment of nostril and nasal stenosis due to facial burn using a self-expandable metallic esophageal stent

• Published in: Auris, nasus, larynx Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 348 - 352
• Main Authors: Sekine, Kuwon, Matsune, Shoji, Shiiba, Kyoko, Kimura, Maki, Okubo, Kimihiro, Kaneshiro, Tadashi, Tajima, Hiroyuki, Murakami, Masahiro, Kurokawa, Akira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Burns - complications; Burns - surgery; Constriction, Pathologic - etiology; Constriction, Pathologic - surgery; Facial burn; Facial Injuries - complications; Facial Injuries - surgery; Humans; Male; Nasal stenosis; Nose Diseases - etiology; Nose Diseases - surgery; Nostril stenosis; Otolaryngology; Rhinoplasty - methods; Self Expandable Metallic Stents; Self-expandable metallic stent; Surgical Flaps; Nasal stenosis; Nostril stenosis; Facial burn; Self-expandable metallic stent
• ISSN: 0385-8146; 1879-1476
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2015.02.013

Abstract For the treatment of nasal and nostril stenosis caused by facial burn, it is necessary to perform rhinoplasty and nasal vestibuloplasty using various flaps, perform cicatrectomy of the nostrils with a rhinosurgical procedure, and prevent restenosis of the nostrils and nasal cavity for a certain period by methods such as placement of a nasal retainer or transnasal airway and gauze packing of the nasal cavity. With all methods, postoperative placement of a retainer or nasal treatment is necessary for the prevention of postoperative restenosis, and the patient's cooperation is essential. In a patient who did not cooperate in postoperative treatments due to autism and had recurrences of nasal and nostril stenosis after conventional surgical treatments, adequate patency of the nasal cavity and nostrils could be maintained with minimal postoperative treatment by placing a self-expandable metallic esophageal stent.