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Intranasal trigeminal training in empty nose syndrome: A pilot study on 14 patients
Author(s) -
Le Bon SergeDaniel,
Horoi Mihaela,
Le Bon Olivier,
Hassid Sergio
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical otolaryngology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1749-4486
pISSN - 1749-4478
DOI - 10.1111/coa.13483
Subject(s) - medicine , nose , nasal administration , training (meteorology) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , audiology , physical therapy , surgery , pharmacology , physics , meteorology
1. Empty nose syndrome is a rare and debilitating complication of turbinate surgery, with varying symptoms of which paradoxical nasal obstruction is typical. 2. Trigeminal training consisting of three-times daily levomenthol and eucalyptol inhalations for at least 30 days were associated with improved subjective nasal patency and quality of life. 3. Trigeminal training is an outpatient, low-cost, easy-to-do, non-invasive and non-harmful treatment modality that can be proposed to ENS patients as a preliminary step before considering surgery. 4. Trigeminal lateralization testing seems to be a more reliable diagnostic tool than rhinomanometry in ENS.