“…Various studies showing nasal respiratory improvements after surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME) have been published. 2,[5][6][7][8][9][10] Reports of breathing pattern improvements concomitant with the correction of the transverse maxillary deficiency are numerous and these have used many methodologies to evaluate nasal airflow, such as acoustic rhinometry, 2,6,9,11,12 rhinomanometry, 9,11,[13][14][15] tomography evaluation, 16,17 radiographs, 2 and others. 10 In 2004, the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) tool was introduced.…”