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Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery : January 31, 2012, 5:00 am
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Airway assessment by four-phase rhinomanometry in septal surgery

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery : January 31, 2012, 5:00 am
Purpose of review: This article updates the state of the art in functional ventilation tests of the nasal airway. Multidisciplinary international cooperation has led within the last years to the development of

Odontogenic sinusitis: an ancient but under-appreciated cause of maxillary sinusitis

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery : January 31, 2012, 5:00 am
Purpose of review: For well over 100 years, it has been appreciated that maxillary dental infections can cause sinusitis. This insight has been largely overlooked with the advent of functional endoscopic sinus

Olfactory improvement after endoscopic sinus surgery

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery : January 31, 2012, 5:00 am
Purpose of review: Olfactory dysfunction is a common complaint in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). The purpose of this article is to review the current evidence on the impact of endoscopic sinus

Role of fungi in pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis: the hypothesis rejected

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery : January 31, 2012, 5:00 am
Purpose of review: Fungi have been suggested to play an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). This review describes the recent knowledge concerning the role of fungi in the

Idiopathic rhinitis

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery : January 31, 2012, 5:00 am
Purpose of review: Due to the overlap of symptoms and signs in the various types of rhinitis, arriving at a precise diagnosis can be difficult. A diagnosis of idiopathic rhinitis can only

Endoscopic vidian neurectomy: update on techniques and evidence

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery : January 31, 2012, 5:00 am
Purpose of review: The aim of this work, based on a recent review of the literature, is to update the surgical techniques for endoscopic vidian neurectomy (EVN). Recent findings: Traditionally, vidian neurectomy was

Gastroesophageal reflux and chronic rhinosinusitis

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery : January 31, 2012, 5:00 am
Purpose of review: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are two common conditions which have been reported to occur together more frequently than expected. It has, therefore, been proposed that

Nasal irrigation with or without drugs: the evidence

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery : January 31, 2012, 5:00 am
Purpose of review: To review the recent literature of nasal irrigations with or without drugs, including delivery systems, nasal saline, antibiotics, antifungals, steroids, surfactants, and interleukin (IL)-5 modulators, for the treatment of

Nasal septal perforation repair: predictive factors and systematic review of the literature

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery : January 31, 2012, 5:00 am
Purpose of review: Although numerous surgical techniques have been introduced thus far in order to achieve the surgical closure of nasal septal perforation, the repair of nasal septal perforation is still challenging
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