… nasal obstruction in adults. In a series of 500 patients, obstruction at the level of the nasal
valve … The obstruction was unilateral in 57 patients (88 per cent). Forty-seven patients (72 per …

… of nasal valve anatomy with critical assessment of the site of obstruction is essential to
effective nasal valve … However, nasal obstruction from nasal valve dysfunction (NVD) may be …

… have been described to rectify nasal obstruction caused by nasal valve impair ment 5 , but
there … of surgery of the nasal valve are essentially to restore normal anatomy of the nasal valve …

… The nasal valve consists of four distinct airflow-resistive components. (i) The vestibule … /or
turbinate surgery far beyond the piriform aperture in the treatment of nasal obstruction. …

… that patients with nasal obstruction and a diagnosis of nasal valve compromise have a
significant improvement in their disease-specific QOL after undergoing nasal valve surgery. This …

… The internal nasal valve is what Mink originally described, whereas the … nasal valve is the
nasal ala and its relationship to the nasal septum. Both must be reviewed for sites of obstruction…

… found that surgical correction of nasal valve obstruction is … rate of nasal valve surgery in
eliminating airway obstruction. These … is the key to treating nasal valve dysfunction. We further …

… scope of this article is to concentrate on the nasal obstruction caused by the nasal valves. …
causing nasal obstruction, they will not be covered in this article. The surgical methods …

… Nasal valve compromise (NVC) is a distinct and primary cause of symptomatic nasal airway
obstruction, yet there remain ambiguities and disparities in the diagnosis and management. …

… that the internal nasal valve plays a distinct role in nasal obstruction separate from other …
that surgery is an effective treatment option for such cases (8). Structural nasal obstruction …