Table 1. Characteristics of Human Subjects.

Age (range, mean)	20–58, 44.6
Male	4
Female	4
UPSIT (range, mean)	13–39, 27
LM CT (range, mean)	1–24, 5.4
SNOT (range, mean)	0–3.15, 1.50
Indication for surgery (N)
Chronic sinusitis	5a
Pituitary tumor	1b
Nasal congestion	2c
LM CT, Lund-Mackay staging system; SNOT-20, Sino-Nasal Outcomes Test; UPSIT, University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test).

^aFunctional endoscopic sinus surgery.

^bTransnasal endoscopic approach to the pituitary tumor removal.

^cInferior turbinate submucosal resection.