OBJECTIVES To introduce the use of inferior turbinate bone as an alternative autograft for augmentation of nasal tip projection and to assess maintenance of nasal tip projection, bone remodeling, graft shaping, and ease of harvesting. METHODS Thirteen consecutive patients in need of increased nasal tip projection underwent closed rhinoplasty during a prospective nonrandomized study in a unive...

After using the inferior nasal turbinate (INT) of the sheep to study various surgical interventions, radiofrequency tissue volume reduction (RFTVR) appears to be the less invasive technique currently available to reduce the INT non-osseous volume. The histologic parameters of wound healing such as fibrosis, submucosal interstitial volume, epithelial cell lining necrosis, inflammation and submuc...

The main pathogenesis of nasal allergy lies in the immunological response of allergens and specific IgE antibodies. However, non-specific pathology of nasal mucous membrane induced by recurrence of type I allergy on the nasal mucous membrane might exert various influence on the nasal allergy. Such being the case, in order to examine the pathophysiology of nasal allergy mucosa , the ciliary acti...

Objectives: The narrow band imaging endoscopy (NBI) is an imaging method used by otolaryngologists for the examination of oral cavity, pharynx and larynx. Our present study was designed to determine the effectiveness of NBI in the examination of the inferior turbinate hypertrophy status. Study Design: Individual cohort study. Methods: A hundred and nine patients with enlarged inferior nasal con...

OBJECTIVES This computational study aims to (1) use virtual surgery to theoretically investigate the maximum possible change in nasal aerodynamics after turbinate surgery, (2) quantify the relative contributions of the middle and inferior turbinates to nasal resistance and air conditioning, and (3) quantify to what extent total turbinectomy impairs the nasal air-conditioning capacity. STUDY D...

Nasopharyngeal angiofibromas are benign and vascular neoplasms, which originate characteristically in the posterior lateral wall of the nasopharynx. They account for less than 0.5% of all head and neck tumours. Although angiofibromas extend beyond the nasopharynx usually, they rarely originate outside the nasopharynx. Reports of primary extranasopharyngeal angiofibromas have appeared sporadical...