[Clinical evaluation of eustachian tube transience and function in patients with different types of increased nasal resistance].

Background/aim: Eustachan tube is a connection between throat and the middle ear. Inflammatory processes and malformations of nasal cavity could lead to dysfunction of the whole upper respiratory tract, thas emphasizing the evaluation of the Eustachian tube function both in surgery and in medicine in general. The aim of this study was to evaluate the Eustachian tube passage and function by tympanometry in different types of nasal resistance.

[Importance of active anterior rhinomanometry].

The establishing of an objective method of measuring nasal flow has long been a desire of rhinologists. Many methods have been developed by individual physicians as means of measuring nasal function, indicating which treatments, both surgical and medical, should be employed. The aim of this study is to assess anterior active computer rhinomanometry, and to determine its role and importance in objectivisation of patients condition who have inflammation and tumour of nose and paranasal sinuses.

[Cytology in the diagnosis of diseases of the nose and maxilary sinuses].

The aim of this work is to evaluate cytologic examination of secretions of nose and maxillary sinuses in patients with naso-sinusal disorders. The material for cytologic examination is taken from 128 nasal cavities of 101 patients with inflammation or tumour diseases of nose and maxillary sinuses, and from 114 maxillary sinuses, intraoperatively, of 89 patients. The results of cytological examinations were classified in five groups: acute bacterial inflammations, chronic bacterial inflammations, allergic processes, viral infections and positive findings for malignancy.

[Cytologic characteristics of chronic secretory otitis].

We examined 98 children suffering from secretory otitis media (SOM). These cases were classified into 3 categories on the basis of their appearance: 1. mucoid (74 cases).