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Effect of nasal septal deviation on total ethmoid cell volume

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2005

Ahmet Kemal Firat ,
Murat Cem Miman ,
Yezdan Firat ,
Muammer Karakas ,
Orhan Ozturan  and
Tayfun Altinok
Ahmet Kemal Firat
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
Murat Cem Miman
Affiliation:
Department Otorhinolaryngology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
Yezdan Firat
Affiliation:
Department Otorhinolaryngology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
Muammer Karakas
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
Orhan Ozturan
Affiliation:
Department Otorhinolaryngology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
Tayfun Altinok
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
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Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nasal septal deviation (NSD) on ethmoid cell volume and to determine whether there was any correlation between NSD grade and ethmoid cell volume.

Methods: Forty computerized tomography (CT) scans from patients with rhinosinusitis symptoms with NSD were evaluated. Septal deviations were classified into three groups according to the degree of deviation on CT. Ethmoid cell volumes were measured and the relationship between NSD and ethmoid cell volume was investigated.

Results: There was a moderate but significant negative correlation between the septal deviation angle and the percentage of the ethmoid cell volumes (p = 0.001, r = −0.5152, r2 = 0.2654). Total ethmoid cell volume on the ipsilateral side compared with the contralateral side was found to decrease as the degree of NSD increased.

Conclusions: Nasal septal deviation affects the total ethmoid cell volume of the nasal cavity. The results of our study underline the role of ethmoid cell volume in the compensation mechanism equalizing the nasal cavity airflow changes due to NSD.

Keywords

Nasal SeptumEthmoid SinusesComputed Tomography
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 120 , Issue 3 , March 2006 , pp. 200 - 204
Copyright
© 2005 JLO (1984) Limited

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