Treatment of nasopharyngeal stenosis by prosthetic hollow stents: Clinical experience in eight patients.

Objective: A series of nasopharyngeal appliance designs is presented that represents our evolving experience over a 20-year period in the adjunctive use of prosthetic stents in the surgical correction of nasopharyngeal stenosis.

Design: Retrospective assessment of effectiveness of two nasopharyngeal stenosis hollow stent designs in a consecutive series of patients for relief of nasal obstructive symptoms.

Setting: Tertiary academic medical center, Craniofacial Program at Children's Hospital.