Aerodynamic effects of inferior turbinate surgery on nasal airflow - A computational fluid dynamics model

Rhinology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 394-400

  Chen, X B ^a   Leong, S C ^b   Lee, H P ^a   Chong, V F H ^c   Wang, D Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Airflow pattern; Computational fluid mechanics; Inferior turbinate surgery; Nasal cavity; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; INHALATION; METHODOLOGY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TURBINATE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INHALATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; RHEOLOGY; TURBINATES;

EID: 77957580732     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4193/Rhino09.196     Document Type: Article

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