TY - JOUR
T1 - Which Nasal Airway Dimensions Correlate with Nasal Airflow and with Nasal Breathing Sensation?
AU - Xavier, Rui
AU - Azeredo-Lopes, Sofia
AU - Menger, Dirk Jan
AU - de Carvalho, Henrique Cyrne
AU - Spratley, Jorge
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Inc.
PY - 2024/9/1
Y1 - 2024/9/1
N2 - Background: Rhinoplasty modifies the nasal pyramid, thereby also modifying the nasal airway. Objectives: To correlate the sensation of nasal breathing, as measured by patient-reported outcome measures, and nasal airflow, as assessed by peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF), with nasal airway dimensions, as measured on computed tomography (CT) images. Methods: Fifty Caucasian patients were studied through visual analogue scale (VAS), nasal obstruction symptom evaluation (NOSE) and PNIF. Measurements of the nasal airway were made on CT images: minimal distance between septum and inferior and middle turbinates, nasal valve angle, and nasal valve area. Results: There was a significant association between PNIF and nasal valve area, between VAS and the narrower nasal valve angle and between NOSE and minimal distance between septum and middle turbinate of the narrower side. Conclusions: This study suggests that the dimensions of the nasal valve and of the middle nasal airway have a substantial impact on nasal breathing capacity. It also highlights the importance of unilateral nasal airway obstruction to nasal breathing.
AB - Background: Rhinoplasty modifies the nasal pyramid, thereby also modifying the nasal airway. Objectives: To correlate the sensation of nasal breathing, as measured by patient-reported outcome measures, and nasal airflow, as assessed by peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF), with nasal airway dimensions, as measured on computed tomography (CT) images. Methods: Fifty Caucasian patients were studied through visual analogue scale (VAS), nasal obstruction symptom evaluation (NOSE) and PNIF. Measurements of the nasal airway were made on CT images: minimal distance between septum and inferior and middle turbinates, nasal valve angle, and nasal valve area. Results: There was a significant association between PNIF and nasal valve area, between VAS and the narrower nasal valve angle and between NOSE and minimal distance between septum and middle turbinate of the narrower side. Conclusions: This study suggests that the dimensions of the nasal valve and of the middle nasal airway have a substantial impact on nasal breathing capacity. It also highlights the importance of unilateral nasal airway obstruction to nasal breathing.
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U2 - 10.1089/fpsam.2021.0148
DO - 10.1089/fpsam.2021.0148
M3 - Article
C2 - 34492200
AN - SCOPUS:85133861036
SN - 2689-3614
VL - 26
SP - 601
EP - 606
JO - Facial Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine
JF - Facial Plastic Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine
IS - 5
ER -