Clinical, significance of the nomenclature for nasal septum tail: A preliminary study / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To observe and summarize the abnormal morphological appearance of nasal septum tail during adenoidectomies, and to have a preliminary study on its clinical significance.@*METHOD@#One hundred and eighty-three children were shown with abnormality on nasal septum tail in 2892 cases with adenoid hypertrophy who received adenoidectomies in our department.@*RESULT@#The abnormalities of nasal septum tail can be classified into two types del tails and columnar ones. All children suffered from nasal septum tail received radiofrequency ablation and all had a good postoperative recovery.@*CONCLUSION@#The presence of these two types of nasal septum tail may be related to adenoid hypertrophy, adenoiditis, sinusitis, and some congenital malformations.