Effect of surgical treatment of olfactory disturbance caused by localized ethmoiditis.
Twenty patients who had disturbance of the sense of smell caused by localized inflammation of the ethmoid sinus were studied to determine the effects of endonasal ethmoidectomy on olfaction. The patients were evaluated pre and post-operatively regarding their subjective olfaction, and with the T&T olfactometry and the Alinamine intravenous administration test, both of which are widely used in Japan. The improvement rate was 70.0% subjectively and 80.0% with T&T olfactometry 6 months after surgery. It is concluded that surgery is worthwhile treatment for olfactory disturbances caused by localized ethmoiditis.
Yamagishi
M
M
Department of Otolaryngology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Hasegawa
S
S
Suzuki
S
S
Nakamura
H
H
Nakano
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000601:surgery; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000857:Olfaction Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*; D013831:Thiamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
C013294:prosultiamine; D013831:Thiamine