Introduction: Disorders of the nose and paranasal sinuses are among the most common chronic illnesses. Although considerable progress has been made in the medical and surgical control of these diseases, a large number of questions relating to the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of these conditions remain unanswered. The aim of the present study was to evaluate differences in the frequency ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Third-party payors have begun to demand imaging studies to document septal deviation prior to authorizing septoplasties. This study aims to determine whether septal deviation findings on computed tomography (CT) correlate with symptoms of nasal obstruction as determined by the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale. STUDY DESIGN Prospective and retrospective c...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The goal of this study was to assess disease-specific quality of life as well as cosmetic outcomes following functional rhinoplasty in adults with nasal obstruction. STUDY DESIGN Prospective observational outcomes study. METHODS Disease-specific quality of life determinations and cosmetic outcome assessments were performed using the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation...

OBJECTIVES To compare Telfa with the Rapid Rhino Riemann nasal pack for use following endoscopic sinus surgery. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, double-blind, paired trial. SETTING Tertiary otolaryngology hospital. PARTICIPANTS Forty-five adult patients undergoing bilateral endoscopic sinus surgery for either chronic rhinosinusitis or nasal polyps. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES A visual analogue...

Background: Despite the great number of cosmetic rhinoplasties, ‌there are few studies on the improvement of self-concept and patient satisfaction with nose fitness. Objectives: This study attempted to examine the variability of self-concept and patient satisfaction with nose fitness before and after cosmetic rhinoplasty through three to six months of follow-up. Materials and methods: Und...

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This paper presents an integrated approach to unconstrained face recognition in arbitrary scenes. The front end of the system comprises of a scale and pose tolerant face detector. Scale normalization is achieved through novel combination of a skin color segmentation and log-polar mapping procedure. Principal component analysis is used with the multi-view approach proposed in [10] to handle the ...