BACKGROUND Hyperactivity of depressor septi nasi muscle leads to smiling deformity and nasal tip depression. Lateral fascicles of this muscle help in widening the nostrils. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the nasal length changes and the alar base and the alar flaring changes during smile. METHODS Standard photographs are performed in the face and lat...

talented individuals, who are bleeding from the nose, usually do not go to the doctor, except in case of sever and unusual bleeding. because traditional method of treatment is not effective in nasopharanx bleeding, so malcolm harvey explain brighton epistaxis balloon as a new method  for controlling nasopharanx bleeding through the paper. epistaxia usually happen in the anterior part of the nas...

objective nocturnal enuresis is a common childhood problem and has various  treatments. this study was carried out to compare oral and nasal vasopressin in the treatment of nocturnal enuresis in 5- to 12-year-old children who were referred to the shahid beheshti clinic in 2008. materials & methods this study included 100 children (62 males and 38 females) with nocturnal enuresis. one group (50 ...

introduction: adequate pain control is an important consideration in the post-surgical management of patients. local nerve blockade added to general anesthesia can provide excellent pain control during and after most nasal surgical procedures. the aim of this study was to determine the combined effect of local anesthetic drugs with corticosteroids in nasal surgery. materials and methods: in thi...

background: this study was undertaken to evaluate staphylococcus aureus carriage and persistence in health sciences students at the faculty of medicine and health sciences, universiti putra malaysia. methods: consent form and self-administered questionnaires on socio-demographics, hygienic practices, medical and medication history were distributed followed by nasal swab collection; sampling was...

myeloid sarcoma (ms) is a tumor mass consisting of myeloblast with or without maturation occurring at an anatomical site other than the bone marrow. incidence of ms ranges from 1-9% and is most commonly misdiagnosed as non hodgkins lymphoma or poorly differentiated carcinoma. ms can occur in various sites but nasal cavity involvement is rare. here we report acaseof ms presenting as nasal polyp ...

Background and Aim: Fungal rhinosinusitis (FRS) sets in following interactivity of fungi with Sino nasal tract when immune system is subdued. Due to varied clinical presentation of FRS with inconclusive evidence of imaging, mycological evaluation helps to identify and speciate the fungi .FRS can be diagnosed with biopsy tissue and/or deep nasal swabs. This study was undertaken to know risk fact...