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However, it is unclear which physical domains of nasal airflow after septoturbinoplasty are related to symptomatic improvement. This work employs computational fluid dynamics modeling to identify the physical variables and domains associated with symptomatic improvement. Sixteen numerical models were generated using eight patients\u2019 pre- and postoperative computed tomography scans. Changes in unilateral nasal resistance, surface heat flux, relative humidity, and air temperature and their correlations with improvement in the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) score were analyzed. The NOSE score significantly improved after septoturbinoplasty, from 14.4 \u00b1 3.6 to 4.0 \u00b1 4.2 (p &lt; 0.001). The surgery not only increased the airflow partition on the more obstructed side (MOS) from 31.6 \u00b1 9.6 to 41.9 \u00b1 4.7% (p = 0.043), but also reduced the unilateral nasal resistance in the MOS from 0.200 \u00b1 0.095 to 0.066 \u00b1 0.055 Pa\/(mL\u00b7s) (p = 0.004). Improvement in the NOSE score correlated significantly with the reduction in unilateral nasal resistance in the preoperative MOS (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.81). Also, improvement in the NOSE score correlated better with the increase in surface heat flux in the preoperative MOS region from the nasal valve to the choanae (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.87) than in the vestibule area (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.63). Therefore, unilateral nasal resistance and mucous cooling in the preoperative MOS can explain the perceived improvement in symptoms after septoturbinoplasty. 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