Persistent Suppuration of Right Maxillary Antrum after a Caldwell-Luc Operation

The Cranial Base Fracture after the Caldwell-Luc Operation

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Endoscopically assisted Caldwell-Luc procedure for removal of a foreign body from the maxillary sinus.

Removal of extensive maxillary dentigerous cyst via a Caldwell-Luc procedure

Caldwell-Luc procedure, canine impaction, dentigerous cyst, ectopic tooth. Abstract A case of a large dentigerous cyst associated with canine tooth in the maxillary antrum is presented. This case is of interest because of its extensiveness and the presence of an ectopic tooth in the roof of the maxillary sinus. Theoretical aspects of canine impaction and cyst formation are reviewed. The managem...

Caldwell-Luc operation without inferior meatal antrostomy: a retrospective study of 50 cases.

PURPOSE In the standard Caldwell-Luc operation, an inferior meatal antrostomy is performed to promote sinus drainage. However, inferior meatal antrostomy has been criticized for its additional operation time and wound, early loss of the opening, and risk of injury to the nasolacrimal duct. This study retrospectively reviewed the results of the Caldwell-Luc operation without inferior meatal antr...

Divergent Views on Suppuration after Cataract Operation

Bombay Ophthalmic ajDpointment give his opinion that, whatever we do, we cannot altogether exclude suppuration in cataract work A definite responsibility for infective losses must be faced."?Colonel Herbert, Indian Medical Gazette, January 1917. " With me suppurations are too frequent. There is a standing reward of Rs. 10 for a hundred consecutive cases without a suppuration. This goes to the d...