Limitations of this review
As with all systematic reviews, the search strategy employed was broad and it is expected that some studies may have been missed. The search strategy was also limited to those published in English. Readers should exercise caution that the studies reviewed here represent a single point of time and the findings of future work could alter the conclusions drawn here.
Finally, it could be posited that studies considering either the assessment of aerosolisation or mitigation of risk in literature from other specialties (e.g. Anaesthetics) or from other research sectors (e.g. Engineering) could be transferable to rhinological practice. Whilst it could be logically reasoned that findings from such work may be extrapolated to rhinology surgery, this would have involved a series of assumptions and would significantly limit the strength of any conclusions which could be drawn when results are applied in a different and untested context.