Correlation of nasal symptoms with objective findings and surgical outcome measurement

Thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Surgery, University of London, 1993.
Published (excluding Chapter 9) 1996.
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Contents
Abstract
Chapter 1
General Introduction and historical review (full text)
Chapter 2
Correlation of subjective sensation of nasal patency with nasal inspiratory peak flow rate in healthy volunteers
Chapter 3
Nasal pressure probe studies using a new device in healthy volunteers: Pressure applied to middle turbinate causes pain at lower threshold than inferior turbinate or nasal septum (full text)
Chapter 4
Reliability and validity of a nasal symptom questionnaire for use as an outcome measure in clinical research and audit
Chapter 5
The relationship between pain projected on a diagram of the face and systematically documented findings using rigid nasendoscopy
Chapter 6
The relationship between symptom scores on a specially designed questionnaire and corresponding objective measurements: Nasal inspiratory peak flow and subjective sensation of nasal obstruction
Chapter 7
The relationship between symptom scores on a specially designed questionnaire and corresponding objective measurements: Postnasal drip, rhinorrhoea, nasal obstruction, cough and mucociliary clearance time
Chapter 8
The effect on symptoms of facial pain and headache of medical treatment and operations designed to remove endoscopically documented areas of mucosal contact between the turbinates and nasal septum
Chapter 9
A prospective randomized controlled trial of Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Endoscopic middle meatal antrostomy versus conventional inferior meatal antrostomy. Interim results. (full text)
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