Acoustic rhinometry: anatomic correlation of the first two notches found in the nasal echogram

The graphic obtained by acoustic rhinometry in Caucasian adult individuals with no nasal affections clearly shows two notches at the beginning of the nasal echogram. However, there are controversies in the literature concerning their anatomic correlation. AIM: The aim of this study was to obtain dat...

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Autores principales: Nazareth Nigro, Carlos Eduardo, de Aguiar Nigro, Josiane Faria, Voegels, Richard Louis, Mion, Olavo, Mello Junior, João Ferreira
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Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9450530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16446910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1808-8694(15)31303-3
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author Nazareth Nigro, Carlos Eduardo
de Aguiar Nigro, Josiane Faria
Voegels, Richard Louis
Mion, Olavo
Mello Junior, João Ferreira
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description The graphic obtained by acoustic rhinometry in Caucasian adult individuals with no nasal affections clearly shows two notches at the beginning of the nasal echogram. However, there are controversies in the literature concerning their anatomic correlation. AIM: The aim of this study was to obtain data that would contribute to the anatomic correlation of these two notches. STUDY DESIGN: Clinical prospective. MATERIAL AND METHOD: We analyzed the nasal echogram of 35 volunteers in basal conditions, after decongestion and after obstruction of the nasal valve by using cotton impregnated with Vaseline. RESULTS: We identified statistically significant reduction and increase of the cross-sectional area only for the second notch after obstruction of the nasal valve and after decongestion, respectively. CONCLUSION: The analysis of the results suggested that the first notch of the nasal echogram refers to the nostril and the second notch refers to the nasal valve as a whole.
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spelling pubmed-94505302022-09-09 Acoustic rhinometry: anatomic correlation of the first two notches found in the nasal echogram Nazareth Nigro, Carlos Eduardo de Aguiar Nigro, Josiane Faria Voegels, Richard Louis Mion, Olavo Mello Junior, João Ferreira Braz J Otorhinolaryngol Original Article The graphic obtained by acoustic rhinometry in Caucasian adult individuals with no nasal affections clearly shows two notches at the beginning of the nasal echogram. However, there are controversies in the literature concerning their anatomic correlation. AIM: The aim of this study was to obtain data that would contribute to the anatomic correlation of these two notches. STUDY DESIGN: Clinical prospective. MATERIAL AND METHOD: We analyzed the nasal echogram of 35 volunteers in basal conditions, after decongestion and after obstruction of the nasal valve by using cotton impregnated with Vaseline. RESULTS: We identified statistically significant reduction and increase of the cross-sectional area only for the second notch after obstruction of the nasal valve and after decongestion, respectively. CONCLUSION: The analysis of the results suggested that the first notch of the nasal echogram refers to the nostril and the second notch refers to the nasal valve as a whole. Elsevier 2015-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9450530/ /pubmed/16446910 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1808-8694(15)31303-3 Text en . https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Original Article
Nazareth Nigro, Carlos Eduardo
de Aguiar Nigro, Josiane Faria
Voegels, Richard Louis
Mion, Olavo
Mello Junior, João Ferreira
Acoustic rhinometry: anatomic correlation of the first two notches found in the nasal echogram
title Acoustic rhinometry: anatomic correlation of the first two notches found in the nasal echogram
title_full Acoustic rhinometry: anatomic correlation of the first two notches found in the nasal echogram
title_fullStr Acoustic rhinometry: anatomic correlation of the first two notches found in the nasal echogram
title_full_unstemmed Acoustic rhinometry: anatomic correlation of the first two notches found in the nasal echogram
title_short Acoustic rhinometry: anatomic correlation of the first two notches found in the nasal echogram
title_sort acoustic rhinometry: anatomic correlation of the first two notches found in the nasal echogram
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9450530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16446910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1808-8694(15)31303-3
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