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Evaluation of the Nasal Cavity by Acoustic Rhinometry

Ole Hilberg, MD; Luisa F. Grymer, MD; Ole F. Pedersen, MD, PhD; Ole Elbrønd, MD, PhD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1990;116(3):283-289.

Abstract
• We used acoustic rhinometry to assess the geometry of the nasal cavity. The cross-sectional area of the nasal cavity as a function of distance from the nostrils was obtained. Seventeen patients with hypertrophy of the inferior turbinate and septal deviations were examined preoperatively and postoperatively; 34 normal subjects served as controls. The cross-sectional area at the anterior part of the nose suggested that skeletal hypertrophy of the inferior turbinate might be expected in the side opposite the main septal deviation. Unilateral inferior turbinoplasty seems advisable.

(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1990;116:283-289)

Author Affiliations
From the Institute of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Aarhus (Denmark) (Drs Hilberg and Pedersen), and the Ear, Nose, and Throat Department, University Hospital of Aarhus (Drs Grymer and Elbrønd).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication August 7, 1989.

Reprint requests to ENT Department, University Hospital of Aarhus, Kommunehospitalet, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark (Dr Grymer).

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