Abstract
This chapter presents the treatment options for empty nose syndrome (ENS). Unfortunately, currently there are no curative or even restorative therapies for ENS. Realistic management is obliged to provide emotional support by compassionate attentive listening along with controlling and relieving as many of the patient’s debilitating symptoms as feasible. Available treatments range from conservative medical measures to surgical interventions, although nothing that we know of today can renew, restore, or recreate the damaged, impaired, or resected nasal mucosa. Short of stem cell rejuvenation, the question remains, how do you create a new and functional nasal turbinate? Hope nonetheless exists that research in the realms of stem cell and tissue engineering will deliver potential future possibilities for our patients. Prevention is always the most prudent choice, of course. Psychological support with a compassionate respectful referral to a psychiatrist or other interested mental health professionals has been valuable in managing the anxiety and depression experienced by a sizable share (over 50%) of these patients.
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