OBJECTIVES Our study was designed to ascertain the outcomes of functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) combined with submucosal resection (SMR)/septoplasty in reducing FESS revision rates. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective population-based study. SETTING Academic tertiary medical center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS By using the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database, we obtained the patients ...

CONTEXT A torso-elevated side support (TESS) has previously been described for measuring endurance of the lateral trunk muscles. In some individuals, however, TESS performance may be hindered by upper extremity pain or fatigue. For this reason a novel test, the feet-elevated side-support test (FESS), was examined. OBJECTIVE To determine intersession reliability of a FESS and a TESS on the lef...

The place of coronal computed tomography (CT) in the assessment of patients prior to functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is well established. The ability to accurately correlate radiological and surgical anatomy enhances precision and safety during FESS. This pictorial essay reviews the conceptual anatomical framework that forms the basis of FESS.

The Center for Electromechanics has developed and is currently testing a 2 MW, 130 kWh (480 MJ) flywheel energy storage system (FESS) designed as a load leveling energy management device. The flywheel energy storage system consists of the energy storage flywheel, a high speed induction motor/generator, and a bidirectional power converter. The FESS is a key element of the Advanced Locomotive Pro...

To evaluate results of concurrent functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) and nasal plastic surgery in terms of safety, efficacy and patient satisfaction, and compare them with the results of single procedures. We conducted a prospective case control study in three groups of patients with chronic sinusitis and nasal deformity; 25 cases had concurrent FESS and rhinoplasty, 25 controls had FES...

BACKGROUND Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is now a well-established strategy for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis which has not responded to medical treatment. There is a wide variation in the practice of FESS by various surgeons within the UK and in other countries. OBJECTIVES To identify anatomic factors that may predispose to persistent or recurrent disease in patients u...

-The paper deals with the study related to integration of Flywheel Energy storage system (FESS) to an already available model of parallel hybrid vehicle with pretransmission torque coupling, i.e., replacing the conventional chemical battery with an equivalent mechanical battery. Advantages like high reliability, long cycle life, high energy storage capacity and deep discharge of an FESS can pot...

CONCLUSION A combined therapy of fluticasone propionate nasal drops (FPND) and functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) can improve quality of life (QoL). When compared with prior data, the results imply that a generic measure of psychological aspects of QoL may be better than measures of respiratory symptoms and clinical parameters to capture a patient's perception of the disease and its tre...

Background: Non-allergic rhinitis is a disease that is often trivialised, leading to inadequate management and unnecessary costs. One of the most common types of severe non-allergic nasal inflammation is nasal polyposis. Nasal polyposis is associated with asthma. The aims of this thesis were to estimate the prevalence of self-reported non-allergic nasal symptoms and explore relations of these s...