Objectives: To evaluate the various local causes for and management of epistaxis by using rigid nasal endoscope. Methods: Totally 50 patients with epistaxis were analyzed over a period of 1 year in Sri Venkateshwara ENT Institute and Bowring and Lady Curzon hospital using rigid nasal endoscope either under Local or General anesthesia. Those patients in whom, the cause for epistaxis was difficul...

The aim of this exploratory study was to identify the volume intranasal segments as they relate to parameters of olfactory function. Fifty healthy male volunteers (age range 22-59 years, mean age 28.5 years) were included. Olfactory function was measured by lateralized phenyl ethyl alcohol odor thresholds and odor discrimination, and by bilateral odor identification. Magnetic resonance imaging ...

The development of the olfactory organ in the prenatal stages of mice (Patch/normal Balb/c) was studied. Eight stages were selected for this study; they are 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 and 18 days of gestation. At 9 days of gestation, the olfactory placodes begin to appear as two thickenings of epidermis, latero-ventral to the prosencephalon. At 10 days, the primary choanae appear; each lies betw...

AIMS To prospectively evaluate the reliability and efficacy of a new treatment for the reconstruction of the lacrimal duct using a new histo-engineered material, xenogeneic (bovine) acellular dermal matrix. METHOD Five patients (five eyes) with partial or total absence of the lacrimal duct were included in the study. Four patients (four eyes) suffered from traumatic injuries to the lacrimal d...

BACKGROUND Pathogens in the nasal cavity during nasal surgery could lead to a systemic infectious condition, such as bacteremia, nosocomial infection, or toxic shock syndrome. However, there is no research about the prevalence of nasal carriage in patients with nasal bone fracture. METHODS This was a prospective, double-blind, randomized study about the rate of nasal carriage in 200 patients ...

BACKGROUND The sphenopalatine foramen is located on the lateral nasal wall and has multiple variants and anatomic landmarks that are important to know to optimize RESULTS in the surgical management of posterior epistaxis. OBJECTIVE This study describes the endoscopic anatomy of the sphenopalatine foramen, related structures and anatomic variations in a Mexican population. METHODS We perform...

Objective: To compare the success rate of nasal endoscopic assisted probing and simple in congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
 Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.
 Place Duration Study: Eye department, Combined Military Hospital, Malir Cantt, Karachi, from Feb 2018 to Jun 2019.
 Methodology: A total 100 children were randomly divided into two groups. Each child both gro...

We have compared the histological aspects of nasal mucosa biopsies (n = 130) obtained during bilateral polypectomy and ethmoidectomy performed in black African (n = 50), Chinese (n = 30) and Caucasian patients (n = 50) suffering from bilateral nasal polyposis (NP). The three groups of patients were matched for age and sex. The African and Chinese patients did not receive any medical treatment b...