Surgical Repair of Nasal Vestibular Stenosis

A Case Report

Abstract

Vestibular stenosis is an uncommon but debilitating cause of nasal obstruction leading to serious impairment of airway. It is caused by granulation and fibrosis of vestibular lining and there is circumferential scar retraction in the inlet of nasal cavities. Stenosis may be congenital or acquired. Causes of acquired stenosis include burns, trauma, infections, and iatrogenic insult to the lining of vestibule. Surgical correction is usually done by excision of fibrous tissue. A number of studies have been reported on surgical correction but not a single technique is widely accepted due to different diseases and different levels of deformities. Here we are suggesting a technique in which flaps have been raised and scar fibrous tissue is removed. This technique gives a good outcome and satisfactory result in a patient with post traumatic unilateral stenosis.