Moore, Matthew and Eccles, Ronald  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9492-2062
2012.
Normal nasal patency: problems in obtaining standard reference values for the surgeon.
Journal of Laryngology and Otology
126
(6)
, pp. 563-569.
10.1017/S002221511200045X
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Abstract
This review examines why there is no normal range of nasal patency available to the surgeon when assessing nasal obstruction, and discusses the factors that influence nasal patency. Current normal ranges are examined and criticised because of the variability of normal values and the poor sampling methods used. Instability of physiological nasal patency is related to factors such as the nasal cycle and the nose’s direct exposure to the external environment. Decongestion of the nose is proposed as a way of stabilising anatomical nasal patency, and measurements of patency in this state may be more useful to the surgeon. Population studies are needed to establish a normal range, but these studies must control for factors such as age, height, sex, and nasal shape and size related to climatic adaptation. Rather than classify populations according to unscientific categories such as race, anthropometric measures such as the nasal index are proposed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Biosciences |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RF Otorhinolaryngology |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Nasal Obstruction ; Nasal Index ; Nasal Patency ; Rhinology ; Race ; Nasal Cycle |
| Additional Information: | Pdf uploaded in accordance with publisher's policy at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0022-2151/ (accessed 25/02/2014). |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 0022-2151 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 30 March 2016 |
| Last Modified: | 03 May 2023 19:25 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/41870 |
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