OBJECTIVE To generate estimates of sinusitis prevalence for adults in association with the use of tobacco or passive smoke exposure. DESIGN Analysis of data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. SETTING Sample of the noninstitutionalized civilian population of the United States. PARTICIPANTS A total of 20,050 adults aged 17 years or older. MAIN OUTC...

Purpose: Sinusitis in recent times has been known as one of the major causes for reduced quality life and work absenteeism. Chronic sinusitis being health hazards affecting QOL subjects any age gender requires a specific therapeutic intervention. Clinical trials that can demonstrate effectiveness manual therapy intervention cases are lacking. Hence, this study aims to evaluate compare three tec...

Recently, it was reported that neutrophil affects the ethiology and process of inflammation or malignant tumor. In this paper, I estimated peripheral neutrophil chemotaxtic and phagocytic activity in patient with chronic sinusitis, nasal allergy, and malignant tumor of head and neck region. Chemotactic activity was measured by Boyden chamber method , and phagocytic activity was measured by chem...

No. 0632. "Upper airway inflammation and airway responsiveness in chronic sinusitis". Bucca et al. Eur Respir J 1993; 6 (Suppl. 17): 266s. The underlined r values were incorrectly printed in the abstract book. The correct values are printed here."PC25MIF50 was closely related to PC20FEV1 (r=0.546, prelated to nerve fibres (r=0.427, p...

Sinus floor augmentation (SFA) is one of the techniques that has been proposed for improving the long-term retention of dental implants. The procedure involves the creation of a submucoperiosteal pocket in the floor of the maxillary sinus for placement of a graft consisting of autogenous, allogenic, or alloplastic material. Complications of the SFA predominantly consist of disturbed wound heali...

Nasal septal perforation presents a distinct challenge to otorhinolaryngologists, and is a problem for patients. Although it has a variety of causes, previous septal surgery is the most common reason. We present a 57-year-old woman who had recurrent chronic sinusitis. A left nasal mass was noted and excised via endoscopic sinus surgery. Invasive aspergillosis sinusitis was proven both grossly a...

Background Precise knowledge of anatomic variations of nose and paranasal sinus complex is essential for achieving best surgical results during endoscopic sinus surgery. Computed tomography is the gold standard investigation for evaluation of paranasal sinuses and adjacent structures. Objective To study prevalence of anatomical variations of nose, paranasal sinuses and osteomeatal complex and t...

nuses for chronic sinusitis is mainly performed to open the narrow bony points and to restore ventilation and internal drainage. Obstruction of the anterior ethmoid cells and the frontal recess by scar tissue or by a granulation polyp is a common cause of recurrent sinusitis after an ethmoid sinus operation (1). Mucocele formation, due to scarring in the frontal recess, may be also a cause of r...

Statistically, more than 50% of people with moderate to severe asthma also have chronic sinusitis indicating a direct connection between sinusitis and asthma; many studies show the connection between sinus infections and asthma [3]. One 2006 study showed that when compared with those who only have asthma, people who have both sinusitis and asthma tend to have more severe asthma symptoms, may ha...

In general, the etiologic factors of chronic paranasal sinusitis are systemic conditions such as nutrition, predisposition, allergy, and local factors such as nasal anatomic conditions. Among these factors, the development of unilateral sinusitis is a model case verifying the influence of local factors. In my study of 640 cases over a certain period of time, a comparison was made between 161 ca...