TY - BOOK AU - Khaled Abdelmo'ti Hafez AU - Ahmed Atef Abdelgawad , AU - Mahmoud Ashraf Ragab , AU - Mohammed Ahmed Rashed , TI - Nasal valve surgery / PY - 2010/// CY - Cairo : PB - Khaled Abdelmo'ti Hafez , KW - Disorders of nasal valve KW - Nasal valve KW - Nasal valve collapse N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of E.N.T; Issued also as CD N2 - The nasal valve area is not a singular structure but a complex three dimensional construct consisting of several morphological structures . From the physiologic point of view it is the place of maximum nasal flow resistance (flow limiting segment) . Therefore according to poiseuille's law even minor costrictions of this area result in a clinically relevant impairment of nasal breathing for the patient ER -