Journal Reviews

The septum and breathing

9 September 2020 | | ENTA-Rhinology / Sinus | Inferior turbinate hypertrophy, NOSE score, Septoplasty, Turbinoplasty, VAS score

The authors compared the improvement in nasal obstructive symptoms in two groups of patients. One group underwent septoplasty alone and the other septoplasty accompanied with compensatory turbinoplasty. They used the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) [12] and visual analog scale...

Surgical options for children with OSA

1 January 2017 | | Sleep-disordered breathing, Sleep apnea, Obstructive sleep apnea, Pediatric, Adenotonsillectomy, Lingual tonsillectomy, Midline glossectomy, Supraglottoplasty, Turbinoplasty, Tracheostomy, Drug-induced sleep endoscopy, DISE, Distraction osteogenesis

This paper looks at the surgical management of OSA in children and approaches the method of patient selection initially. They discuss the role of polysomnography in that it is part of the AAOHNS criteria in those patients with OSA symptoms...