caa a22 4500 477086578 CHVBK 20180405111504.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00171134 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00171134 Pre- and postoperative evaluation of patients with nasal obstruction undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery [Elektronische Daten] [J. Sipila, J. Antila, J. Suonpaa] Functional endoscopic endonasal sinus surgery (FESS) is at present the surgical method of choice for many clinicians treating chronic sinusitis and nasal polyposis. Postoperatively, patients have felt that patency of the nasal airway is improved, although all previous studies have failed to objectively measure changes produced. By using anterior active rhinomanometry, decreased unilateral and total nasal resistance was measured. Although improvement in total resistance was not statistically significant, reduction in unilateral resistance was. All patients demonstrated subjective improvements in unilateral and total nasal patencies. The reduction in nasal resistance was more pronounced in baseline resistance values than after decongestion, indicating that FESS had a positive effect on mucosal edema but did not alter the structural anatomy of the main nasal passages. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Nasal obstruction nationallicence Functional endoscopic endonasal sinus surgery nationallicence Rhinomanometry nationallicence Sipila J. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Turku University Central Hospital, Kiinanmyllynkatu 5-8, FIN-20520, Turku, Finland aut Antila J. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Turku University Central Hospital, Kiinanmyllynkatu 5-8, FIN-20520, Turku, Finland aut Suonpaa J. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Turku University Central Hospital, Kiinanmyllynkatu 5-8, FIN-20520, Turku, Finland aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer-Verlag 253/4-5(1996-05-01), 237-239 0937-4477 253:4-5<237 1996 253 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171134 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171134 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sipila J. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Turku University Central Hospital, Kiinanmyllynkatu 5-8, FIN-20520, Turku, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Antila J. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Turku University Central Hospital, Kiinanmyllynkatu 5-8, FIN-20520, Turku, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Suonpaa J. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Turku University Central Hospital, Kiinanmyllynkatu 5-8, FIN-20520, Turku, Finland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer-Verlag 253/4-5(1996-05-01), 237-239 0937-4477 253:4-5<237 1996 253 405 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer