[The role of active rhinomanometry in the surgical treatment of nasal deformation with concomitant endonasal pathology].

This work was designed to substantiate the necessity of application of active rhinomanometry in rhinoplastic surgery bearing in mind that evaluation of the efficiency of surgical treatment requires the use of such objective methods as the rhinomanometric technique. The authors maintain that it may be helpful not only for the purpose of clinical research but also in practical otorhinolaryngological surgery providing an opportunity to collect objective information for the development of indications for the choice and extent of surgical intervention and the assessment of its outcome. Moreover, under present-day conditions, rhinomanometric measurements may be included in the legal basis on which the results of surgery are estimated if appropriate. The method under consideration serves as a diagnostic standard generally accepted worldwide.