Journal Reviews

Comparing patient and surgeon concerns in sinus surgery

1 January 2015 | | Rhinology / Sinus | chronic rhinosinusitis, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), computer modeling for nasal airflow

This prospective observational study had a total of 180 patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis with or without polyposis. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and analysis of variance. Subjects felt the greatest level of concern regarding potential...

Passive smoking and rhinosinusitis

1 November 2014 | | Rhinology / Sinus | Chronic rhinosinusitis, hair nicotine, passive smoke, prevalence, quantitative

One would expect that subjects exposed to more passive smoke would have a significantly increased level of rhinosinusitis. This study looked at a reasonable number of sinusitis and control subjects (404 and 165) using hair nicotine as an assessment of...

Is there a cause-and-effect relationship between allergic rhinitis and chronic rhinosinusitis?

1 September 2014 | | Bradford-Hill criteria, allergic rhinitis, causation, chronic rhinosinusitis

This review examines the possible causative relationship between allergic rhinitis (AR) and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) that has long been proposed. Many observational and experimental studies exist, however no clear and definitive connection has been established. This is mainly due to...