The Diagnosis and Management of Empty Nose Syndrome

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 311-330

  Chhabra, Nipun ^a   Houser, Steven M ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophic rhinitis; Empty nose syndrome; Paradoxic nasal obstruction; Septal implant; Turbinectomy

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PARAFFIN; POVIDONE IODINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE; VASODILATOR AGENT; WATER;

ANOSMIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANXIETY; ASTHMA; ATROPHIC RHINITIS; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRY NOSE; DRY THROAT; DYSPNEA; EMPTY NOSE SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; EPIPHORA; EPISTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FACE PAIN; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOSMIA; INFECTION; IRRITABILITY; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OZAENAE; NASAL CRUSTING; NASAL DISCOMFORT; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE MALODOR; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SMEAR; NOSE SURGERY; OZENA; POSTNASAL DRIP; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REVIEW; RHINOMANOMETRY; RHINORRHEA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; SYNECHIAE; TURBINATE RESECTION;

DYSPNEA; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NOSE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS, ATROPHIC; SYNDROME;

EID: 62849086168     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2009.02.001     Document Type: Review

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