Treatment of frontal sinus using surgery is complicated owing to the complex anatomical structure of the sinus region. The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of Draf IIb endoscopic frontal sinus surgery treatment for frontal sinus lesions using the agger nasi approach on 19 patients (28 left or and right nasal cavities). A 10-12 mm excision of the upper frontal ...

introduction: to evaluate the most sensitive symptom to predict early recurrence of nasal polyposis. prospective longitudinal cohort study. tertiary university referral center with accredited otorhinolaryngology residency programs.  materials and methods: in this prospective study, we evaluated 62 patients with diffuse nasal polyposis. all patients underwent functional endoscopic sinus surgery....

PURPOSE Cavernous sinus surgery is considered neurosurgically feasible. A systematic review of patients undergoing cavernous sinus procedures for meningioma was undertaken to determine whether cavernous sinus surgery could be performed with an acceptable level of iatrogenic-induced dysfunction. METHODS Fifty-six patients undergoing 57 cavernous sinus surgical procedures performed by a single ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of frontal sinus drillout surgery for the treatment of chronic frontal sinusitis. DESIGN Retrospective case-control study. Mean +/- SD follow-up was 4.1 +/- 1.53 years (range, 1.4-6.9 years). SETTING Academic medical center. PATIENTS One hundred consecutive patients with chronic sinusitis who underwent frontal sinus drillout surgery. Indications were fa...

ABSTRACT The Sphenoid Sinus is considered the paranasal sinus with more variation to degree of pneumatization. Thus, this work aimed report first case on interference anatomical for orthognathic surgery. A 18- year-old woman, isolated cleft palate repaired, was submitted surgery correct maxillomandibular skeletal discrepancy. cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) exam performed preoperative plan...

introduction: pilonidal sinus is a common disease in sacrococcygeal area, which mostly caught young people and cause disability, which needs complete rest at home and taking off from work. although the surgical treatment of this problem goes back to the last century, still optimal treatment is a controversy. recent studies have raised different surgical approaches, so that there is no general a...

tranexamic acid (ta) is an antifibrinolytic agent which reduces bleeding following certain surgical procedures. the present study was performed on 56 patients, scheduled for elective endoscopic sinus surgery under general anesthesia, to examine the effects of topical ta on providing a bloodless surgical field and evaluate the bleeding volume. the study comprised 26 patients who received topical...

BACKGROUND Published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the efficacy of intranasal corticosteroid (INCS) in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) use either nasal delivery (nasal drop or nasal spray) or sinus delivery (sinus catheter or sinus irrigation) in patients with or without sinus surgery. This influences topical drug delivery and distribution. The effect of these factors on the published res...