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KMID : 0361019950380010105
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Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1995 Volume.38 No. 1 p.105 ~ p.109
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The Change of the Cross Sectional Area and the Volume of the Nasal Cavity and the Nasopharynx after Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
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Abstract
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We evaluated the change of the cross sectional area and the volume of the nasal cavity and the nasopharynx after tonsillectomy. 31 cases received adenotonsillectomy from september 1993 to march 1994 were analized. We measured the area and the
volume of
the nasal cavity and the nasopharynx by the acoustic rhinometry preoperatively and postoperatively.
We obtained the following acoustic rhinometric data. The areas of isthmus nasi were 0.44cm* preoperatively and 0.46cm* postoperatively (p=0.031). The areas of the anterior end of inferior turbinate were 0.53cm* preoperatively and 0.65cm*
postoperatively
(p=0.001). The nasal volume were 7.13cm* preoperatively and 9.38cm* postoperatively (p=0.001). The nasopharyngeal areas at the adenoid were 1.5cm* preoperatively and 1.83cm* postoperatively (p=0.029).
Thies results indicated significant increase in the nasopharyngeal area at the site of the adenoid, the area of anterior end of inferior turbinate and the nasal volume after adenotonsillectomy. (Korean J Otolaryngol 38:1, 1995)
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