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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 29.
Published in final edited form as: Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2013 Sep 5;3(10):834–840. doi: 10.1002/alr.21203

TABLE 2.

Surface area, airflow rate, and average flow velocity in the maxillary ostium

Patient: side on which FESS was done Surface area of maxillary ostium (mm2) Inflow rate (mL/second) Inflow velocity (mm/second)
PRE POST PRE POST PRE POST
Subject 1: left 0.00 143.99 0.000 19.033 0.00 482.39
Subject 1: right 5.68 107.62 0.025 5.184 7.04 142.31
Subject 2: right 8.68 159.88 0.005 28.232 0.96 453.36
Subject 3: left 2.40 116.01 0.002 17.922 10.16 418.73
Subject 4: left 45.97 149.75 5.588 27.603 454.86 566.36

FESS = functional endoscopic sinus surgery; POST = post-FESS; PRE = pre-FESS.