Atrophic Rhinitis

ForewordIntroductionPart I: PRIMARY ATROPHIC RHINITIS1. Ozaena and other infective forms
Part II: SECONDARY ATROPHIC RHINITIS2. Autoimmune and granulomatous forms 3. Iatrogenic Atrophic Rhinitis: Post-Nasal Surgery or Empty Nose Syndrome (ENS)4. Drug-Induced Atrophic Rhinitis
Part III: DIAGNOSIS OF ATROPHIC RHINITIS5. Empty Nose Syndrome: clinical evaluation with subjective questionnaires and psychological evaluation6. The role of nasal cytology in the diagnosis of Atrophic Rhinitis7. The role of rhinomanometry and nasal airflow evaluation in the diagnosis of atrophic rhinitis8. Computational fluid dynamics: Is it possible to produce a real model of the nasal flux? 9. Imaging: the role of CT Scan, Cone Beam and MRI in the diagnosis of Atrophic Rhinitis
Part IV: TREATMENT OF ATROPHIC RHINITIS10. Atrophic Rhinitis - Medical Treatment11. Surgical Treatment of empty nose syndrome: Inferior turbinate reconstruction using intranasal mucosal flaps12. Surgical Treatment of atrophic rhinitis: Inferior turbinate augmentation with sub-mucosal injections13. Nasal septal perforations: modern diagnostic work up, management and surgical strategy14. Surgical Treatment of atrophic rhinitis: The use of autografts in nasal dorsum repair15. Surgical Treatment of atrophic rhinitis: use of autologous costal cartilage grafts16. Allografts use in nasal reconstruction

Stefano Di Girolamo is currently a Professor of Otorhinolaryngology and the Head of the ENT Department at the University Hospital Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. He received his Postgraduate Diploma in Otolaryngology and Head-Neck Pathology from the University of Siena and his Postgraduate Diploma in Audiology from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". He is also registered to practice in the United Kingdom. In 2014, he was a Visiting Professor at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire - Notre Dame de Secours, Holy Spirit, University of Kaslik Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences Jbeil, Libano.