BACKGROUND Pediatric chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is broadly defined as 90 or more uninterrupted days of respiratory symptoms with corresponding endoscopic and/or computed tomography (CT) scan findings. It is a common yet difficult problem in the pediatric population. Otolaryngologists agree on initial medical management with nasal saline irrigations, nasal steroid sprays, and an antibiotic dir...

Controversies exist regarding the resection or preservation of the middle turbinate (MT) during functional endoscopic sinus surgery. Any MT resection will perturb nasal airflow and may affect the mucociliary dynamics of the osteomeatal complex. Neither rhinometry nor computed tomography (CT) can adequately quantify nasal airflow pattern changes following surgery. This study explores the feasibi...

The objective of this study is to present our experience in the endoscopic management of the choanal atresia and evaluate the effectiveness of the diode laser employment in the trans-nasal surgery of this rare congenital malformation. A retrospective review of children treated at the Airway Endoscopic Surgery Unit of Padua Hospital for unilateral and bilateral choanal atresia was made. From 198...

UNLABELLED Transsphenoidal surgery for sellar region tumors is traditionally done only by neurosurgeons. The use of endoscopes has permitted a direct transnasal approach to the sphenoidal sinus, without dissection of the septal mucosa, reducing postoperative morbidity. AIM The purpose of this study was to assess the technical difficulties, and per and postoperative complications of the otolar...

BACKGROUND Sarcoidosis is a chronic disease process characterized by non-caseating granulomatous inflammation, usually involving the lower respiratory tract. Given the rarity of rhinologic involvement, the objectives of the present study were (1) to describe clinical features, and (2) to review outcomes of rhinologic surgery for sinonasal sarcoidosis. METHODS Retrospective analysis was perfor...

background the efficiency of nasal surgeries can be determined by objective or subjective methods. we have assessed the effect of nasal obstruction after different nasal surgeries using acoustic rhinometry (ar) and nasal obstruction symptom evaluation (nose) scale. methods between may 2011 and may 2012, 40 young adult patients and 10 healthy volunteers as control group who referred to otorhinol...

purpose : to report a case of retained silicone tube case report : we report a case of 48-year-old iranian lady who referred to the department of otolaryngology with 18 years history of epiphora and intermittent mucopurulant discharge from the left lacrimal canaliculi. she had external dacryocystorhinostomy (dcr) with silicon stenting for epiphora 18 years ago but epiphora had continued after s...

INTRODUCTION Computer-aided surgery (CAS) systems integrate endoscopic visualization with real-time localization based on preoperative imaging. One short-coming of the current systems is the lack of real-time, radiographic assessment of surgical changes. We describe the potential applications of xCAT, a new intraoperative mobile volume CT scanner and its utility in providing surgical navigation...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To provide a description of the techniques and limitations of nasoseptal flap takedown and reuse during second-stage and revision endoscopic skull base surgery and review the institutional experience with the use of this reconstructive technique. STUDY DESIGN : Case series. METHODS A retrospective analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak outcomes was performed for a ...

Background and Objectives:Headache secondary to sinonasal disease can improve after surgery, but few prospective studies have investigated this outcome. We aimed to evaluate the characteristics of headaches, such as clinical features, underlying disease, and postoperative improvement in patients who underwent nasal surgery, and to identify the characteristics that reliably predict rhinogenic he...