Mechanical Nasal Dilators for the Management of Nasal Obstruction

Mechanical Nasal Dilators to Treat Nasal Valve Compromise

“…Patient-reported outcome measures could be considered a more meaningful consideration compared with the objective measures of peak nasal flow or nasal resistance, particularly when considering a quality-of-life problem such as nasal valve compromise. However, currently available objective measures of nasal airflow have been shown to have poor correlation with patient perception of nasal airflow . The relative importance of the objective parameters would be diminished in the setting of poor patient tolerance or perception of benefit, regardless of the potential improvement or normalization of objective airflow parameters.…”