Chronic sinusitis diagnosis and treatment
The growing popularity and use of endoscopic surgery in the field of otolaryngology prompts an attempt to organize knowledge about possible methods of surgery in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses.
Tomasz Korzec +9 more
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Imaging for endoscopic sinus surgery in adults [PDF]
Computerized tomography (CT) offers the gold standard in terms of imaging the extent of disease and the fine detailed anatomy, both pre-requisites to the safe practice of endoscopic sinus surgery. Neither plain X-rays nor magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Lloyd, G, Lund, VJ, Savy, L
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Intra-oral low level laser therapy in chronic maxillary sinusitis: a new and effective recommended technique [PDF]
Background: Chronic sinusitis is one of the most common chronic diseases involving different age groups. Because the nature and etiology of chronic sinusitis are not completely known, there is not any standard treatment for this disease. It has been
Goljanian, Ali +5 more
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Low Baseline Pneumococcal Antibody Titers Predict Specific Antibody Deficiency, Increased Upper Respiratory Infections, and Allergy Sensitization. [PDF]
Background:Inadequate titers of pneumococcal antibody (PA) are commonly present among patients with recurrent respiratory infections. Objective:We sought to determine the effect of the degree of inadequacy in baseline PA titers on the subsequent ...
Chernikova, Diana +5 more
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Malignant Versus Benign Tumors of the Sinonasal Cavity: A Case-Control Study on Occupational Etiology [PDF]
Case-control studies on malignant sinonasal tumors and occupational risk factors are generally weakened by non-occupational confounders and the selection of suitable controls. This study aimed to confirm the association between sinonasal malignant tumors
Alexandre, Enrico +10 more
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Remodeling in Chronic Sinusitis and Nasal Polyps
Remodeling in chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps is discussed. In chronic sinusitis, epithelial shedding, which is characteristic of asthma, is not observed in the maxillary sinus.
Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Yuichi Majima
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The reliability and validity of the persian version of sinonasal outcome test 22 (Snot22) questionnaires [PDF]
Background: The quality of life (QOL) is an important indicator for disease-severity classification and outcome measurement in obtaining treatment sinonasal diseases.
Amintehran, Ebrahim +7 more
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Diagnosis of Adult Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Can Nasal Endoscopy Predict Intrasinus Disease?
Objectives: To define the role of endoscopic evaluation of middle meatus in adult patients clinically diagnosed to have chronic rhino-sinusitis and its ability to predict intra-sinus mucosal involvement as compared to CT scan.Methods: This prospective ...
Arif Ali Kolethekkat +5 more
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Background. The inflammatory mucosa of the sinus cavities is called sinusitis and is divided into various types based on its appearance and sign. Chronic rhinosinusitis is an inflammatory-infectious disease that involves the frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid ...
Masoud Asghari +2 more
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Different regulation of cigarette smoke induced inflammation in upper versus lower airways [PDF]
Background: Cigarette smoke (CS) is known to initiate a cascade of mediator release and accumulation of immune and inflammatory cells in the lower airways.
Huvenne, Wouter +11 more
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