BACKGROUND Turbinate hypertrophy is one of the common causes of chronic nasal obstruction. In principle, therapeutic guidelines recommend medical treatment. Failure to treat turbinate thickening despite drug therapy may indicate the need for surgery. The main aim of this study was to determine the effect of radiofrequency surgery, among various other surgical procedures, on people with both nas...

BACKGROUND Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of severe chronic airway disease, such as nasal polyps. However the mechanisms underlying the initiation of damage and/or invasion of the nasal mucosa by S. aureus are not clearly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the interaction between S. aureus and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) in...

Objective: This study investigated the frequency of anatomic variations in sinonasal region with septal deviation and relationship these developmental direction maxilla cone-beam computed tomography images. Material Methods: Forty-eight patients who underwent orthognathic surgery were included this study. These divided into 3 groups: normal (n=16), prognathic retrognathic (n=16) by determining ...

SUMMARY Residual palatal fistula after repair of palatal cleft is common. Repair of residual oronasal fistula is not always successful. Two-layer closure techniques that close these fistulas with soft tissue are a common practice. Turnover flaps are the most used flaps and often the sole method for nasal-side closure of fistula. Anteriorly based inferior turbinate flap can be used to provide so...

INTRODUCTION Crooked or deviated nose is a deviation of the nose from the straight vertical position of the face. Extensive pneumatization of the middle turbinate, also called concha bullosa or bullous middle turbinate (BMT) is known to be one of the possible etiologic factors in nasal obstruction, recurrent sinusitis, and headache. There is no study concerning a link between BMT and crooked no...

The anatomical variations of the nasal and sinus paranasal can cause headaches. most common variants have deviated septum, concha bullosa, agger nasi cells. These narrowing osteomeatal complex. Computed tomography was primary modality for evaluating sinuses in diagnosis management. Functional endoscopic surgery generally performed to restore sinuses' drainage ventilation variations. It has been...