The double cross plasty: a new technique for nasal stenosis

The interdigitating Y‐plasty procedure for the correction of transverse vaginal septa

“…1 Altering the resulting scar by interdigitating various flaps has previously been reported, but only scantily. 9,10 In the same context, using the Y-plasty technique for TVS correction creates a zigzag, rather than a straight, scar; as a result, contracture vectors occurring during the healing process do not have a cumulative stenosing effect on the vaginal canal, therefore the risk of vaginal stenosis is reduced. Both these techniques were quite similar and were based on four interdigitating flaps from each septal lamella.…”

Alar transposition flap for stenosis of the nostril

“…Stenosis may develop in the outer and upper part of the nasal vestibule [2,3], and it can be treated in various ways: grafts [3,4], flaps [5 Á7], Z plasty [5 Á7], and W plasty [8,9] (Table II).…”

Treatment strategy for iatrogenic nasal vestibular stenosis in young children

“…It has been described following nasal CPAP use [2], nasotracheal intubation [1,11], nasal packing [13], overzealous cauterization for nasal bleeding [8,9], rhinoplasty [13], birth trauma [3] and correction of a cleft lip/nose deformity [13]. Various techniques have been applied for treatment of this deformity, with the most common involving lysis of adhesions and closure of the resultant defect with a skin graft, mucosal grafting or local flap [2,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12].…”

“…Prior surgical treatment modalities have focused on lysis of adhesions with skin grafting, mucosal grafting or local tissue transposition to cover the resultant tissue defect [2,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. While these treatments are relatively easy to perform in other anatomic sites, the nasal vestibule is an extremely small space, available tissue for rotation is sparse, and other intranasal incisions can lead to further scarring [13].…”