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Purpose: The standard treatment for patients with early glottic carcinoma in Israel has been radiotherapy. In recent years, encouraging results with laryngo-microscopic carbon dioxide laser surgery as a treatment for early glottic carcinoma has changed our treatment strategy. We conducted a retrospective study to investigate the results of carbon dioxide laser excisional technique for early glottic carcinoma (T1, T2)., Materials and Methods: Twenty-six had squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), (21 patients with T1 and 5 patients with T2 lesions), 3 had carcinoma in situ, (CIS) and 3 had verrucous carcinoma (VC)., Results: All patients were free of disease after salvage treatment at the most recent follow-up., Conclusions: Careful patient selection with endoscopic staging and strict follow-up are essential to secure good results in the treatment of carbon dioxide laser for early laryngeal carcinoma., (Copyright 2003, Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.))

Purpose: This study was designed to assess whether a correlation exists between the rhinomanometric measurement of nasal resistance, nasal airflow, and the subjective sensation of airflow., Materials and Methods: Sixteen patients with recurrent maxillary sinusitis were examined before and after uncinectomy during functional endoscopic sinus surgery. Subjective nasal sensation of airflow was assessed by means of a visual scale before and after uncinectomy. Rhinomanometry was performed three times for every patient: before anesthesia, and before and after uncinectomy. The subjective nasal sensation of airflow was compared with the nasal airflow and resistance to flow as measured by rhinomanometry., Results: Rhinomanometric measurements were almost the same before and after uncinectomy, with no significant difference, whereas patients reported a significant improvement in nasal airflow., Conclusion: Rhinomanometric measurements of nasal airflow and resistance often have no correlation to the patients's sensation of airflow. However, because it is the patients' ultimate concern to breathe more comfortably, the rhinomanometer has little clinical value.