The Effects of Lateral Crural Strut Flap Technique on Improvement of Nasal Valve Collapse

Background: The nasal valve area is a functional unit that deformity and or obstruction of it can certainly influence the quality of life of patients. In order to resolve this problem, there are various surgical and non-surgical procedures. In the surgical procedure, the different techniques are recommended in patients with nasal value collapse and nasal tip pinching. One of these is lateral crural strut flap that can be preferred for correcting nasal tip. Purpose: The evaluation of improvement nasal value collapse and nasal tip pinching with the lateral crural strut flap technique in rhinoplasty. Methods: This quasi- experimental study was conducted on 25 patients with nasal obstruction and nasal tip pinching in Loghman Hakim hospital, Tehran, Iran. All patients underwent elective rhinoplasty using the lateral crural strut flap technique. Wilcoxon rank sum test was used to compare the clinical findings of before and after operation; The significant level was considered less than 0.05. Results: There was statistically significant difference before and after rhinoplasty findings (p-value< 0.001). Eighteen out of 25 (72%) patients had high satisfaction for surgical outcomes Conclusion: The lateral crural strut flap technique was shown to be a successful surgical procedure for resolving nasal value collapse and nasal tip pinching.