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...

INTRODUCTION Nasal obstruction secondary to pathological enlargement of inferior nasal turbinates contributes to sleep-disordered breathing (SBD) in prepubertal children, but treatments designed to address turbinate enlargement are often not performed. The aims of these studies are: (1) to appreciate the contribution to SDB of untreated enlarged nasal turbinates in prepubertal children; and (2)...

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...

This article discusses the development and anatomy of the nasal septum and structures of the lateral nasal wall. Emphasis is placed on anatomic variations associated with surgically correctable nasal obstruction. Common variations, such as deviated nasal septum, inferior turbinate hypertrophy, paradoxic middle turbinate, and concha bullosa, are discussed. Rare developmental causes of nasal obst...

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...