Effects of functional endoscopic sinus surgery on nasal air flow - A computational fluid dynamics study

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 31 IFMBE, Issue , 2010, Pages 1447-1450

  Chen, Xiao Bing ^a   Lee, Heow Pueh ^a   Chong, Vincent Fook Hin ^b   Wang, De Yun ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamics; Functional endoscopic surgery (FESS); nasal airflow; nasal cavity

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIRFLOW PATTERNS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FLUENTS; FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY (FESS); LOCAL MAXIMUM; MAXILLARY SINUS; NASAL AIRFLOW; NASAL CAVITY; NASAL RESISTANCE; NUMERICAL FLOW SIMULATIONS; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOSCOPY; FLUID DYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SURGERY; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77957987735     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5_369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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