A Novel Surgical Approach to Nasolabial Fistula
January 2018
in “
Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery
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TLDR The new surgery method successfully healed the patient's nasal wound without complications.
The article described a novel surgical approach for treating a nasolabial fistula in an elderly diabetic patient with multiple nasal vestibular furunculosis. After stabilizing the patient's condition and managing the infection, the surgical team used an alar advancement flap for a three-layer closure of the fistula. The procedure was successful, and the wound healed without complications, emphasizing the importance of multimodal treatment and meticulous wound care in complex cases with comorbidities like diabetes.
