Introduction: The objective components of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) diagnosis require confirmatory findings from either diagnostic nasal endoscopy (DNE) or a computed tomography (CT) scan. Chronic affects significant population worldwide, imposing huge toll on the human economy as well quality life. Thus, it is particularly important to define cost-effective and easily available tool for it....

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The Messerklinger technique is an endoscopic approach to sinus surgery designed to be minimally invasive and preserve mucosa and therefore physiological function. More recently there have been advocates for more radical endoscopic approaches to the frontal sinus such as the modified Lothrop procedure. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of endoscopic frontal sin...

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is not a life-threatening disorder but may have a great impact on the patients. This study intended to evaluate the impact of functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), and compare the effect and quality of life (QOL) after two different surgical approaches on patients with CRS. Sixty patients of CRS were analyzed before and after FESS. The extent of disease was ev...

BACKGROUND A number of factors are critical when considering the expected benefit of surgical intervention in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) who have failed medical therapy. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the Sino-nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22) and other patient demographic characteristics as predictors of postsurgical improvement in patients with CRS. METHODS Consecutive adult subjects pr...

chronic rhinosinusitis (crs) is a common disease which is usually diagnosed clinically, considering the combination of natural history, physical examination and imaging studies. this study aimed to evaluate the clinical value of routine postoperative histopathologic examination (pohe) in patients with a clinical diagnosis of chronic rhinosinusitis with polyposis (crswp), or without polyposis (c...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To characterize the spectrum, symptoms, progression, and effects of endocrine dysfunction on sinonasal disease in polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (PFD) and McCune-Albright Syndrome (MAS). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review. METHODS A prospectively followed cohort of subjects with PFD/MAS underwent a comprehensive evaluation that included otolaryngologic and endocrine eval...

Recent studies suggest a relationship between zinc deficiency and inflammation. In the present study, we studied the effect of oral zinc supplementation on clinical improvement of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis. In this single-blind randomized controlled trial, 44 patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with polyposis referring to ENT clinic of the Loghman Hakim hospital during 2013-2...

Recent studies suggest a relationship between zinc deficiency and inflammation. In the present study, we studied the effect of oral zinc supplementation on clinical improvement of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis. In this single-blind randomized controlled trial, 44 patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with polyposis referring to ENT clinic of the Loghman Hakim hospital during 2013-2...

A combination of magnetic susceptibility and Mossbauer measurements on quasicrystalline i­ Ah4Mn2o-xFexSi6 (0.02 ~ x ~ 7.5) establishes that Mn atoms in i-Ab4Mn2oSi6 occupy two distinct classes of sites, and that Fe substitutes for only one of them. The two classes are distinguished by the possession or otherwise of a localized magnetic moment. The data are consistent with a structure of in­ te...

OBJECTIVES Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is common disease in otorhinolaryngology and will lead to lower airway abnormality. However, the only lung function in CRS patients and associated factors have not been much studied. METHODS One hundred patients with CRS with nasal polyps (CRSwNP group), 40 patients with CRS without nasal polyps (CRSsNP group), and 100 patients without CRS were enrolled...