American journal of rhinology & allergy
Mar 11, 2025
BackgroundThe diagnosis of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) relies upon patient-reported symptoms and objective nasal endoscopy and/or computed tomography (CT) findings. Many patients, at the time of evaluation by an otolaryngologist or rhinologist, lack...
American journal of rhinology & allergy
Mar 2, 2025
ObjectivesTo meet the high demand for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests to diagnose COVID-19 and rapidly control the outbreak, an efficient and safe molecular diagnostic protocol is necessary. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy and safety o...
American journal of rhinology & allergy
Jan 17, 2025
BackgroundComputed tomography (CT) plays a crucial role in assessing chronic rhinosinusitis, but lacks objective quantifiable indicators.ObjectiveThis study aimed to use deep learning for automated sinus segmentation to generate distinct quantitative...
American journal of rhinology & allergy
Aug 21, 2024
BACKGROUND: Despite National Institutes of Health and American Medical Association recommendations to publish online patient education materials at or below sixth-grade literacy, those pertaining to endoscopic skull base surgery (ESBS) have lacked re...
American journal of rhinology & allergy
Mar 9, 2023
BACKGROUND: A considerable volume of possible applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of rhinology exists, and research in the area is rapidly evolving.
American journal of rhinology & allergy
Nov 1, 2016
PURPOSE: It is well known that doxycycline has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of doxycycline on the transforming growth factor (TGF) beta 1-induced matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 2 expr...
American journal of rhinology & allergy
Nov 1, 2016
PURPOSE: Rapamycin has antiproliferative and antifibrogenic effects in vitro and in vivo. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of rapamycin on transforming growth factor (TGF) beta 1 induced myofibroblast differentiation (alpha smoot...