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GARCIA P, Diego; JARA O, Natalia; FERNANDEZ R, Lara  y  NASER G, Alfredo. Empty Nose Syndrome. Rev. Otorrinolaringol. Cir. Cabeza Cuello [online]. 2015, vol.75, n.1, pp.55-60. ISSN 0718-4816.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-48162015000100009.

The Empty Nose Syndrome is a recently described disease, which has no clear clinical definition. It is a rare complication of turbinate surgery especially in the inferior turbinectomy. The pathophysiology is unclear, but after turbinectomy the nasal patency could be affected and this can interfere with neurosensory mechanisms and functions of the turbinates. The most common symptom is the paradoxical nasal obstruction. The diagnosis is clinical, based on symptoms with the discovery of a wide nasal cavity after nasal surgery. Treatment is difficult because of the subjective symptoms, initially preferring medical treatment and surgery is reserved for more severe cases. Most important is the prevention, being as conservative as possible with the nasal cavity.

Palabras clave : Empty Nose Syndrome; Paradoxical nasal obstruction; Turbinectomy.

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