Anatomical terminology of the internal nose and paranasal sinuses: cross-cultural adaptation to Portuguese.

Thiago Freire Pinto Bezerra,Elizabeth Araújo,Marcos Mocellin,Rogério Pezato,Francine Grecco De Melo Pádua,Rodrigo De Paula Santos,Marcus Miranda Lessa,Roberto Campos Meireles,Victor Nakajima,Renato Roithmann,Luiz Ubirajara Sennes,Alexandre Felippu,Henrique Faria Ramos,Fábio De Rezende Pinna,Eduardo Macoto Kosugi,Geraldo Pereira Jotz,Washington Almeida,Tatiana Telles Abdo,Nilvano Alves De Andrade,Fabiana Cardoso Pereira Valera,Marco Aurélio Fornazieri,Leonardo Balsalobre,Luiz Carlos Gregório ,Roberto Eustáquio Santos Guimarães ,Antonio Carlos Cedin,Aldo Cassol Stamm ,João Paulo Mota Telles ,Wilma Teresinha Anselmo‐Lima ,Miguel Soares Tepedino ,Henrique Záquia Leão ,Leopoldo Marques D’Assunção Filho,Nelson D’Ávila Melo,Diego Lima Oliveira,Renata Pilan ,Marco César Jorge Dos Santos,Shirley Pignatari,Leonardo Conrado Barbosa De Sá,Márcio Nakanishi ,André Alencar Araripe Nunes,Marco Aurélio Gallo De França ,Fabrizio Ricci Romano,Marcelo Hamilton Sampaio ,Otávio Bejzman Piltcher ,Melissa Ameloti Gomes Avelino ,Carlos D Pinheiro‐Neto ,Eulália Sakano ,Richard Louis Voegels

doi:10.1016/j.bjorl.2018.08.003

Abstract

IntroductionFunctional endonasal endoscopic surgery is a frequent surgical procedure among otorhinolaryngologists. In 2014, the European Society of Rhinology published the “European Position Paper on the Anatomical Terminology of the Internal Nose and Paranasal Sinuses”, aiming to unify the terms in the English language. We do not yet have a unified terminology in the Portuguese language.ObjectiveTranscultural adaptation of the anatomical terms of the nose and paranasal cavities of the “European Anatomical Terminology of the Internal Nose and Paranasal Sinuses” to Portuguese.MethodsA group of rhinologists from diverse parts of Brazil, all experienced in endoscopic endonasal surgery, was invited to participate in the creation of this position paper on the anatomical terms of the nose and paranasal sinuses in the Portuguese language according to the methodology adapted from that previously described by Rudmik and Smith.ResultsThe results of this document were generated based on the agreement of the majority of the participants according to the most popular suggestions among the rhinologists. A cross-cultural adaptation of the sinonasal anatomical terminology was consolidated. We suggest the terms “inferior turbinate”, “nasal septum”, “(bone/cartilaginous) part of the nasal septum”, “(middle/inferior) nasal meatus”, “frontal sinus drainage pathway”, “frontal recess” and “uncinate process” be standardized.ConclusionWe have consolidated a Portuguese version of the European Anatomical Terminology of the Internal Nose and Paranasal Sinuses, which will help in the publication of technical announcements, scientific publications and the teaching of the internal anatomical terms of the nose and paranasal sinuses in Brazil.

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MethodsEndoscopic surgery and sinonasal computed tomography stimulated rhinology in the early 1980s into the revival of research in the fields of anatomy and physiology of the nose and paranasal sinuses.[1]
Lund et al summarized in the English language all structures that could be found during a routine sinonasal endoscopic surgery
This study proposes a unified sinonasal anatomical terminology through the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the anatomical terms defined for the English language related to the nose and the paranasal cavities

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MethodsEndoscopic surgery and sinonasal computed tomography stimulated rhinology in the early 1980s into the revival of research in the fields of anatomy and physiology of the nose and paranasal sinuses.[1]. This study proposes a unified sinonasal anatomical terminology through the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the anatomical terms defined for the English language related to the nose and the paranasal cavities.

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