EARLY EXCISION OF NASAL HEMANGIOMAS - THE L-APPROACH

The presence of a nasal hemangioma may have a severe negative effect o n the personality of a child. Early surgery in the involution phase ha s proved to be beneficial in this respect. The treatment of a consecut ive series of nine patients who had surgery shortly after they were fi rst seen for consultation is discussed. An extended rhinotomy (L-appro ach) was used in four of these patients. The results were uniformly go od.