Nasapratinaha (nasal obstruction) is a commonly encountered disease in clinical practice. It is one of the nasal disorders, explained in Ayurveda, having nasal obstruction leading to difficulty in breathing as the main cardinal feature. In contemporary science, this condition can be correlated with various diseases such as turbinate hypertrophy, deviated nasal septum, nasal mass, mucosal conges...

BACKGROUND This study examined the relationship between the superior turbinate and natural ostium of the sphenoid sinus, as seen during the endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach (EETSA) for sellar lesions and described how to enter the sphenoethmoid cell safely for complete exposure of the sellar floor, including adjacent vital structures such as the prominence of the optic nerve and ca...

OBJECTIVES To investigate whether the insertion of a Silastic sheet between the middle turbinate and lateral nasal wall can prevent lateral synechia formation when an unstable, floppy middle turbinate results from endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS Thirty patients who developed an unstable, floppy middle turbinate during ESS wer...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to compare the treatment efficacy of middle turbinate lateral lamella resection alone with septoplasty plus middle turbinate lateral lamella resection for nasal stuffiness in two patient groups using the nasal obstruction symptom evaluation (NOSE) scale in patients with concomitant minimal nasal septum deviation and concha bullosa. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 80...

Chronic nasal obstruction can significantly impair patients’ life quality and is a frequent complaint reported to Otolaryngologists. Inferior turbinate hypertrophy (ITH) is a common cause of nasal breathing impairment.1 Various etiologies for ITH have been reported such as allergic reactions, nonallergic rhinitis, chronic hypertrophic rhinitis, and compensatory hypertrophy in case of septal dev...

introduction: nasal inferior turbinate hypertrophy is one of the most common causes of nasal obstruction. many different surgical methods are currently available. the aim of this study was to review the efficacy and results of radiofrequency turbinatoplasty as a new method in the treatment of the large inferior nasal turbinate. materials and methods: this prospective study was conducted on 50 p...

BACKGROUND The origin of nasal polyps in chronic rhinosinusitis is unknown, but the role of viral infections in polyp growth is clinically well established. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have recently emerged as key players in our local airway defense against microbes. Among these, TLR9 has gained special interest in viral diseases. Many studies on chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP)...

Turbinate pneumatisation, also known as concha bullosa, refers to the existence of an air cell inside the turbinate. While pneumatization of the middle and superior turbinates are common, the presence of pneumatization of the inferior turbinate, otherwise known as an inferior concha bullosa is very rare. Herewith, a case is presented of bilateral hypertrophy of the inferior turbinates associate...

Malta Medical Journal Volume 25 Issue 03 2013 Introduction Empty Nose Syndrome (ENS) is a term first introduced by Kern and Moore which is used to describe a rare spectrum of various symptoms suffered by patients who had had previous radical turbinate surgery with a CT scan appearance of the paranasal sinuses after gross tissue loss. The most common symptom is socalled ‘‘paradoxical’’ nasal obs...

Correspondence Physician’s Regional Medical Center, 6101 Pine Ridge Road, Naples, FL 34109, USA. Email: DavidGreeneMD@ comcast.net Tel: 239-348-4081. Hypertrophy of the inferior turbinates is an important cause of nasal obstruction. It is caused by multiple factors including both soft tissue and bony factors, including hypervascular engorgement, inflammation, and compensatory turbinate hypertro...