Assessment of nasal septoplasty using NOSE and RhinoQoL questionnaires.

The objective was to assess outcomes of nasal septoplasty without turbinectomy using validated subjective instruments and to correlate results with patient satisfaction. The prospective observational study was conducted in a tertiary referral center. The method included the use of NOSE and RhinoQoL questionnaires to assess patients before and 6 months after Cottle septoplasty without turbinectomy.

Assessment of nasal fibroscopy to explore olfactory cleft.

Objective: To assess whether flexible nasoendoscopy can be used to visualize all parts of the olfactory cleft (OC) without morbidity.

Study Design: Single-center, prospective, observational study.

Setting: French tertiary referral center.

French validation of the NOSE and RhinoQOL questionnaires in the management of nasal obstruction.

Objective: Until now, there has been no validated and specific questionnaire in French allowing the assessment of nasal obstruction and its consequences on quality of life. The aim of this study was to validate the French translation and sociocultural adaptation of the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) and Rhinosinusitis Quality of Life Survey (RhinoQOL) self-questionnaires.

Study Design: Prospective instrument validation study.

Assessment of biphasic calcium phosphate to repair nasal septum defects in sheep.

Background: Saddle nose and septal perforations are among the most surgically challenging situations in nasal reconstruction. They require a significant volume of autologous graft and a complex surgical procedure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the biocompatibility of the biphasic calcium phosphate implant in the nasal septum and its ability to replace septal skeleton with unilateral or bilateral exposure.

Long-term results of 28 esthesioneuroblastomas managed over 35 years.

Background: The purpose of our study was to assess the long-term results in the management of patients with esthesioneuroblastoma.

Methods: A total of 28 patients were retrospectively reviewed to analyze their clinical features, treatment outcomes, pattern of failures, and course of the disease.

Results: The patients were classified as 2 patients with T1, 10 patients with T2, 10 patients with T3, and 6 patients with T4; the results of all were included in this study.

Biphasic calcium phosphate to repair nasal septum: the first in vitro and in vivo study.

Our objective was to evaluate the cytocompatibility and biocompatibility of biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) in the nasal respiratory airway. In vitro, the attachment rate was quantified on BCP disks with normal human epithelial cells at 1, 3 and 24 h by determining N-acetyl beta-D-hexosaminidase activity. Proliferative activity of cells was indirectly assessed by MTT assay at 3, 9, 15 and 21 days.

Epistaxis and its management: an observational pilot study carried out in 23 hospital centres in France.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to describe the treatment of epistaxis in hospital emergency departments and to identify the principal risk factors for more severe episodes of bleeding.

Study Protocol: Prospective cross-sectional epidemiological study

Material And Methods: This study was carried out in 23 hospital centres in France, most of them teaching hospitals. Every patient presenting non-traumatic epistaxis or else associated with hereditary hemangioma during two consecutive and separate 24-hour periods were included.

Yearly incidence of rhinitis, nasal bleeding, and other nasal symptoms in mature women.

Objectives/hypothesis: To evaluate, by a prospective questionnaire study, the incidence of spontaneous nasal pathology in mature women over a 12-month period, in particular nasal bleeding and the relationships of these symptoms with various factors.

Methods: Participants were drawn from a sample of 12,735 adult French volunteers participating in a study of antioxidant nutrients ("SU.VI.