The nasal valve is the most important region responsible for air flow and nasal resistance. In
the past five years, numerous advances have been made in nasal valve analysis and …

Intraoperative Endoscopic Suction–Assisted Evaluation of the Nasal Valve | JAMA Facial
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Importance Spreader grafts have been shown to improve nasal airway obstruction in
patients with nasal valve dysfunction; however, their use has been limited by concerns over …

Background Nasal valve collapse is relatively common with a lifetime prevalence of up to
13%. Etiologies include prior rhinoplasty, other surgical procedures, facial paralysis …

Background For defining the shape and projection of the nasal tip, the bilateral and
symmetric batten-type septal extension grafts proposed by Byrd and colleagues have …

The internal nasal valve (INV) refers to the slit-like region between the caudal end of the
upper lateral cartilage (ULC) and the nasal septum. It is the narrowest portion and primary …

Objectives To determine the cause of nasal valve obstruction in a series of patients requiring
surgical correction, to evaluate the efficacy of our surgical techniques, and to assess the …

Objective To measure the efficacy of a specific midvault reconstruction technique (the
autospreader flap) in dorsal reductive rhinoplasty with a validated quality-of-life instrument …

BACKGROUND Although the assignment and suturing of the spreader graft to the septum is
a routine part of rhinoplasty, it is a time wasting procedure and some problems may occur …

Discussion Over the past 30 years, rhinoplasty has seen a shift in philosophy from primarily
reductive techniques to performance of more structural cartilage grafting. Spreader grafts are …