Journal Reviews

Reducing nasal changes in SARPE

5 July 2022 | | Head and Neck | imaging, maxilla/surgery, nose/analysis, palatal expansion technique, palate/surgery, photogrammetry, three-dimensional

This paper from Belgium highlights completing a sub-spinal cortectomy of the anterior nasal spine during the procedure of surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE) as a means of reducing the alar and columella width as well as the nasolabial angle....

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology

Rhinotillexomania - how bad can nose picking get?

27 February 2020 | | Rhinology / Sinus | digital trauma, empty nose syndrome, nasal septal perforation, nose picking, rhinotillexomania

This is a fascinating first case report of rhinotillexomania associated with empty nose syndrome (ENS). Rhinotillexomania encompasses compulsive, pathological nose picking and is a variant of self-harm. Tranchito and Chhabra describe an elderly patient presenting with longstanding symptoms of nasal...

Closure of septal perforations

27 February 2020 | | Rhinology / Sinus, Rhinoplasty | Nasal mucosa, nasal septal perforation, nasal surgical procedure, acquired nose deformities

This Belgian retrospective observational study looked at the success rate and predictive factors for success when bilateral advancement flaps were used via an external approach. In total, 111 patients were included in the study over a 16-year period. The mean...

Anatomy revision

1 October 2018 | | Paediatric ENT, Rhinology / Sinus | nasal anatomy, sinus anatomy, nasopharynx, pediatric anatomy, nose, sinus, maxillary sinus, nasal cavity

This article is well-received as an article that goes into appropriate length and depth regarding the embryology and subsequent growth of the paediatric nose (internal and external), nasopharynx and all of the individual sinuses. It has excellent line diagrams of...

McIsaac scores in tonsillitis

1 January 2018 | | Acute, tonsillitis, diagnose, culture

Acute tonsillitis is usually caused by a viral infection, however often antibiotics are prescribed without a confirmed diagnosis of a bacterial infection. The Modified Centor (McIsaac) criteria, which include fever (>38°c), tonsillar exudate, no cough, anterior cervical lymphadenitis and age,...

Paediatric salivary gland tumours

1 September 2015 | | Hemangioma, Pediatric ear/nose/throat, Pediatric tumors head and neck, minor salivary glands

This is a review article of a rare group of neoplasms that frequently present as painless preauricular mass in older children. There is a wide differential including first branchial arch abnormalities, inflammatory and granulomatous processes. Those masses that are painless,...

Cadaveric variation of nasolacrimal duct lateral nasal wall landmarks

1 March 2015 | | Rhinology / Sinus | FESS, anatomy, bulla ethmoidalis, cadaver, lacrimal duct injury, maxillary line, middle turbinate, nasolacrimal duct, nose, uncinate process

Twenty mid-sagittal head sections of 10 fresh frozen cadavers were studied after removal of the nasal septum. This study showed that the most anterior projection of the middle turbinate head was noted to be anterior to the nasolacrimal duct in...