Septal Perforation Repairing with Combination of Mucosal Flaps and Auricular Interpositional Grafts in Revision Patients

Abstract

Objectives. To examine the closure of nasal septal perforations with bilateral nasal floor flaps combined with auricular cartilage grafts and a normally functioning nose in revision patients. Study Design. Case series with chart review. Setting. A tertiary referral hospital in Turkey. Subjects and Methods. Seventeen patients (11 men, 6 women) with nasal septal reperforation were treated surgically using combined bilateral nasal floor mucosal flaps with bilateral auricular cartilage interpositional grafts. Results. The mean follow-up was 15.2 (range, 9-28) months. The average anteroposterior diameter of perforation was 28 ± 3 (range, 20-38) mm, and the average vertical diameter was 23 ± 8 (range, 20-27) mm at the widest site. The nasal septal perforations were closed completely in 16 cases; in 1 case, the perforation was not repaired completely. Conclusions. A successful multilayer closure technique with good exposure was applied in patients with reperforation.