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01-10-2017 | Original Article

The effects of choanal atresia on development of the paranasal sinuses and turbinates

Authors: Suat Terzi, Engin Dursun, Fatma Beyazal Çeliker, Metin Çeliker, Mehmet Beyazal, Abdulkadir Özgür, Emel Çadallı Tatar, Mehmet Hakan Korkmaz

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 10/2017

Abstract

Purpose

The objective of this study was to evaluate the volume of paranasal sinuses (PNS) and turbinate in patients with unilateral choanal atresia (CA).

Materials and method

Computed tomography images of PNS in 11 individuals with unilateral CA were evaluated retrospectively. Mucosal thickness and volume of the maxillary, frontal and sphenoidal sinuses were determined, in addition to the volume of the middle and inferior turbinate. The unaffected nasal side of patients was used as a control group for the measurements. The results comprised the measurements of the atresic side compared to those of the healthy side.

Results

There was no significant difference between the atresic and healthy side of the nose in patients with CA with respect to mucosal thickness and volume of the PNS (the maxillary, frontal and sphenoidal sinuses) and the middle and inferior turbinate (p > 0.050).

Conclusion

The complete absence of nasal unilateral airflow had no effect on the development of the PNS and the middle and inferior turbinate. Moreover, mucosal thickness in the sinuses was similar to that in the control group.

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Title: The effects of choanal atresia on development of the paranasal sinuses and turbinates
Authors: Suat Terzi
Engin Dursun
Fatma Beyazal Çeliker
Metin Çeliker
Mehmet Beyazal
Abdulkadir Özgür
Emel Çadallı Tatar
Mehmet Hakan Korkmaz
Publication date: 01-10-2017
Publisher: Springer Paris
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 10/2017
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-017-1842-y

At a glance: The STEP trials

Springer Medicine

The effects of choanal atresia on development of the paranasal sinuses and turbinates

Abstract

Purpose

Materials and method

Results

Conclusion

At a glance: The STEP trials

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Purpose

Materials and method

Results

Conclusion

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