The use of nasal spirometry as an objective measure of nasal septal deviation and the effectiveness of septal surgery

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 325-330

  Cuddihy, P J ^a   Eccles, R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nasal airflow; Nasal septum; Spirometry; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE MALFORMATION; NOSE SEPTUM; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SEPTUM; PATIENT SELECTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041529751     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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