Septal deviation and nasal resistance: An investigation using virtual surgery and computational fluid dynamics

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Garcia, Guilherme J M ^a,c   Rhee, John S ^b   Senior, Brent A ^c   Kimbell, Julia S ^a,c  

^a HAMNER INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Computer simulations; Deviated septum; Human nose; Nasal airflow; Nasal obstruction; Nasal resistance; Rhinomanometry; Septoplasty; Virtual surgery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE AIRWAY RESISTANCE; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SEPTUM DEVIATION; NOSE SEPTUM RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE SURGERY; RHINOMANOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NASAL SEPTUM; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NOSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RHINOMANOMETRY;

EID: 75749152943     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2010.24.3428     Document Type: Article

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