title: Rhinologic pharmacotherapy in rhinoplasty.
abstract: Rhinoplasty surgeons inevitably encounter therapeutic considerations in managing their patients, and a thorough understanding of nasal function, as well as of disorders of the nose and sinuses, is requisite for positive clinical outcomes. Patients suffering from allergic rhinitis are not precluded from undergoing rhinoplasty, whereas other disease processes may warrant an otolaryngologic evaluation before proceeding with surgery. A thorough medical history and examination elucidate sinonasal disease conditions that may not improve after septorhinoplasty but potentially could respond to pharmacologic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9035, USA.
authors.forename: C Spencer
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Cochran
authors.forename: Bradley F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Marple
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014663:Nasal Decongestants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D014663:Nasal Decongestants