Endoscopic sinus surgery for foreign body extraction in an adult patient.

Foreign bodies are an unusual indication for endoscopic sinus surgery. If outpatient extraction is not possible and acute sinusitis ensues, thorough exploration and extended surgical dissection should be considered to clear the nasal cavities.

Endoscopic Resection of Sinonasal Inverted Papilloma: A Multivariate Retrospective Analysis of Factors Affecting Recurrence and Persistence.

Sinonasal inverted papilloma (IP) is the most common benign epithelial tumor in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, with a worldwide incidence between 0.6 and 1.5/100 000 persons per year.

Correlation between Objective and Subjective Assessment of Nasal Patency.

Introduction: This study was performed to evaluate the correlation between the objective and subjective sensation of nasal patency, assessed through a validated questionnaire, the Italian version of the NOSE scale, and the rhinomanometric results in a large cohort of patients complaining about nasal obstruction.

Materials And Methods: Data was obtained from a total of 233 adult patients, (123 males, 110 females, with a mean age of 43.7 years) with a diagnosis of septal deviation and complaining about nasal obstruction.

Reliability and validity of the Italian nose obstruction symptom evaluation (I-NOSE) scale.

The NOSE scale is a questionnaire assessing QOL related with nasal obstruction. The aim of this study was to culturally adapt the NOSE scale into Italian (I-NOSE). Prospective instrument validation study.

Endoscopic management of recurrent epistaxis: the experience of two metropolitan hospitals in Italy.

Conclusion: Endoscopic cauterization of the sphenopalatine artery and anterior ethmoid artery is a first-line standard of care in managing intractable epistaxis, after the failure of previous packing. Epistaxis occurs in 12% of the population. Treatment is often based on nasal packing that could be poorly effective in the treatment of severe posterior epistaxis.