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Maj William E. Bolger, MC
USAF Bethesda, Md

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1994;120(2):238-240.

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At the annual meeting of the American Rhinologic Society in Minneapolis, Minn, October 1, 1993, 14 free papers were presented and 10 invited presentations were given in two panel sessions.

The Maurice Cottle Award was presented to Finn Amble, MD, Minneapolis, Minn, for his paper entitled "Mucociliary Function and Endothelins 1, 2, and 3." Endothelins were found to accelerate mucociliary activity through an intermediate prostaglandin pathway, a finding demostrated by in vitro and in vivo analysis. This process is independent of intracellular calcium release. The potential of endothelins in respiratory membrane homeostasis and inflammation was reviewed.

The Resident Research Paper Awards went to D. Randall Pinkston, MD, Iowa City, Iowa, and John E. Buenting, MD, Chapel Hill, NC. Dr Pinkston's paper "The Effects of Sinus Surgery on Midfacial Growth in the Rabbit" demonstrated restriction in midfacial growth on the operated side in rabbits undergoing maxillary sinus antrostomy, osteoplasty, and uncinectomy. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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