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  • Review Article   
  • Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale); 2022, Vol 12(1): 442
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000442

Dimensions of the Internal Nasal Valve Using Computed Tomography Scan: A Systematic Review

Ahmad Bogari1*, Ibrahim Al Awadh2, Mohammed Al Karzae3, Turki Al Drees4, Raad Al Nassar5, Faisal Abohelaibah6 and Ahmed Al Arfaj7
1Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Resident, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Consultant & Facial Plastic Fellow, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia
5Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, AlHabib Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
6College of Medicine, Shaqra University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
7Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Corresponding Author : Ahmad Bogari, Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Resident, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tel: +966504667551;, Email: ahmadBogari@hotmail.com

Received Date: Dec 23, 2021 / Accepted Date: Jan 17, 2022 / Published Date: Jan 25, 2022

Abstract

Computed tomography (CT) is a promising modality for measuring the dimensions of the internal nasal valve (INV). A systematic review was performed by collecting medical literature from Medline, Ovid, PubMed, and Embase databases to determine original research articles that evaluated the usefulness of CT in measuring INV dimensions. Of the eight articles selected, two case-control studies could not confirm whether CT had clinical application as a criterion for septoplasty. Three prospective studies also showed non-promising estimation results of the INV using CT in rhinoplasties. Of the three retrospective studies, one suggested that axial CT is useful to assess narrowvalved INV with high sensitivity, one corroborated the benefit of using CT to assess the INV radiographically, but one showed that CT was inferior to other techniques for this purpose. Therefore, current evidence shows that CT may be effective but not sufficient to accurately measure INV dimensions.

Citation: Bogari A, Al Awadh I, Al Karzae M, Al Drees T, Al Nassar R, et al. (2022) Dimensions of the Internal Nasal Valve Using Computed Tomography Scan: A Systematic Review. Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 12: 442. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000442

Copyright: © 2022 Bogari A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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