ASSESSMENT AND STAGING OF NASAL POLYPOSIS

Authors
Citation
L. Malm, ASSESSMENT AND STAGING OF NASAL POLYPOSIS, Acta oto-laryngologica, 117(4), 1997, pp. 465-467
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00016489
Volume
117
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
465 - 467
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6489(1997)117:4<465:AASONP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
This paper deals only with ''simple'' nasal polyposis which is almost always found in both cavities of the nose. A computer-based questionna ire will be described. Objective methods are described, i.e. rhinoster eometry, acoustic rhinometry, rhinomanometry, and nasal peak flow, and their value in estimating changes of the size of nasal polyps discuss ed.