Atrophic Rhinitis

Foreword.- Introduction .- Part I: PRIMARY ATROPHIC RHINITIS.- 1. Ozaena and other infective forms.- Part II: SECONDARY ATROPHIC RHINITIS.- 2. 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 RHINITIS.- 5. Empty Nose Syndrome: clinical evaluation with subjective questionnaires and psychological evaluation.- 6. The role of nasal cytology in the diagnosis of Atrophic Rhinitis.- 7. The role of rhinomanometry and nasal airflow evaluation in the diagnosis of atrophic rhinitis.- 8. 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 RHINITIS.- 10. Atrophic Rhinitis - Medical Treatment.- 11. Surgical Treatment of empty nose syndrome: Inferior turbinate reconstruction using intranasal mucosal flaps.-12. Surgical Treatment of atrophic rhinitis: Inferior turbinate augmentation with sub-mucosal injections.- 13. Nasal septal perforations: modern diagnostic work up, management and surgical strategy.- 14. Surgical Treatment of atrophic rhinitis: The use of autografts in nasal dorsum repair.- 15. Surgical Treatment of atrophic rhinitis: use of autologous costal cartilage grafts.- 16. 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.