The complete rhinoplasty surgeon must possess an understanding of functional nasal airway obstruction. An increasingly sophisticated grasp of the pathophysiology of fixed nasal obstruction has led surgeons to develop and refine surgical techniques aimed toward alleviating nasal valve insufficiency. This article reviews an assortment of techniques within nasal valve surgery, highlighting the und...

  Background: Nose is used as a corridor in endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach (EETSA) for pituitary adenoma. Thus, it may affect the nasal airway patency, function and sinonasal-related quality of life. The aim of this study is to objectively and subjectively evaluate these effects.   Methods: In this prospective study, 43 patients with pituitary adenoma who were c...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the expression and distributional patterns of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) family and caspase 3 in nasal polyps and normal nasal mucosa and to evaluate the possible effects of the IAP family and caspase 3 on the development of nasal polyps. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Tertiary academic institution. PATIENTS Normal inferior turbinate mucosa was o...

introduction: dorsal nasal irregularity is a complication of rhinoplasty surgery, mostly seen in patients with thin skin. acellular dermis (cenoderm) and homologous fascia lata covering the nasal bone cartilage structure have been used to achieve a smooth surface. in this study, we aimed to investigate clinical outcomes using these two materials. materials and methods: after a standard rhinopla...

A dog bite is the most common trauma among animal bites, and it has varying severity, from simple skin lacerations to defects in whole tissue layers. Considering aesthetic functional importance of nose, an appropriate reconstruction should be conducted for large full-thickness defects. Although this quite common, literature detailing surgical lacking, especially domestic journals. 45-year-old m...

OBJECTIVES The purpose is to investigate effect of septoplasty and widened nasal patency on voice quality. METHODS Fifty patients who undergone septoplasty were included in the study. Thirty-three people who had similar age and distribution were enrolled as control group. Before and 1 and 3 months after surgery, anterior rhinomanometry, voice analysis by Multi-Dimensional Voice Program, and s...

Abhijit A. Raut and Bhavin Jankharia Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Imaging Modalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Development of Paranasal Sinuses . . . . . . . . . . 36 Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Mucociliary Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Normal Nasal Variants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Sinonasal Disease . . . . ....

Our aim was to study the effects of dexmedetomidine on anesthetic consumption, duration of surgery, time to extubation and post-operative emergence when used as an adjunct to general anesthesia in endoscopic nasal surgeries. Fifty two patients scheduled for elective nasal surgery (Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Functional Endoscopic Nasal surgery) were randomized into two groups. Dexme...

OBJECTIVES To determine the cause of nasal valve obstruction in a series of patients requiring surgical correction, to evaluate the efficacy of our surgical techniques, and to assess the cosmetic effect of nasal valve repair. METHODS Retrospective review of 53 consecutive cases involving adult patients who underwent nasal valve reconstruction over an 8-year period. The preoperative symptom se...