OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of septal deviation, septoplasty, and smoking upon nasal mucociliary clearance by using saccharine test. METHODS Included in this study were 40 patients (15 women and 25 men) who had septal deviation and septoplasty surgery performed between March and June 2006. Patients are classified into three groups: group I (n = 20) nonsmoking patients who had septopl...

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME (OSAS), MAXILLOFACIAL MALFORMATIONS, AND MALOCCLUSIONS HAS ATTRACTED ATTENTION. Many patients with OSAS show craniofacial abnormalities involving both the jaws as well as skeletal structures of the respiratory dynamic space. These aberrations may be apparent very early in life. Nasal septal deviation is known to reduce airflow and increas...

OBJECTIVES To describe our technique in the treatment of significant caudal septal deviation; to evaluate the effectiveness of our technique of caudal septoplasty in the treatment of caudal septal deviations. DESIGN Retrospective review of cases taken from a database of more than 2000 patients who underwent rhinoplasty performed by 1 surgeon in a private facial plastic surgery practice. RES...

Background and Objectives. Nasal obstruction due to deviated nasal septum is a common problem bringing a patient to an otorhinolaryngologist. Occasionally, these patients may also complain of olfactory impairment. We proposed to study the effect of septal deviation on the lateralised olfactory function and the change in olfaction after surgery of the septum (septoplasty). Methods. Forty-one pat...

THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME (OSAS), MAXILLOFACIAL MALFORMATIONS, AND MALOCCLUSIONS HAS ATTRACTED ATTENTION. Many patients with OSAS show craniofacial abnormalities involving both the jaws as well as skeletal structures of the respiratory dynamic space. These aberrations may be apparent very early in life. Nasal septal deviation is known to reduce airflow and increas...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Caudal septal deviation interrupts normal nasal breathing, due to the narrowing of the external valve area and nasal valve angle. In this study, we found a different approach for correction of caudal septal deviation with no associated deformity of the external nose. STUDY DESIGN Individual case-control study. METHODS The 39 patients completed questionnaires by intervi...

BACKGROUND Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction following implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a serious condition and is associated with increased mortality. METHODS The aim of the study is to investigate the significance of pre-existing RV dysfunction, tricuspid valve (TV) insufficiency, and the severity of septal deviation following LVAD implantation on RV dysfunction, ...