Introduction: The surgical management of chronic frontal sinus disorders remains a challenge for rhinologists. The aim of this study was to evaluate the result of Draf III in a series of patients who underwent this procedure.   Materials and Methods: Twenty patients were included in this study. Demographic data, history of prior surgery, asthma,  aspirin sensitivity and Lund–Mackay score were r...

Introduction. Complications can occur as a consequence of both acute and chronic sinusitis. Most frequently complications are caused by acute ethmoiditis or frontal sinusitis. The complications of paranasal sinusitis are divided into intraorbital, intracranial and osteomyelitis. The children with complications of paranasal sinusitis require hospitalization, treatment with combined intravenous a...

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) also known as immotile cilia syndrome is a genetic disorder characterised by chronic infections of the upper and lower respiratory tracts, male infertility and situs inversus totalis. Authors are presenting clinical details of a patient who was operated upon for recalcitrant rhinosinusitis. Investigations carried to find out the predisposing factors for such sin...

PRIMARY STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine the appropriate role and timing of sinus imaging studies in the evaluation and treatment of chronic cough. DESIGN Prospective study of chronic cough. All patients underwent sinus imaging, the results of which identified prospectively the following: (1) fluid in sinuses, with or without opacification, and (2) mucosal thickening. Patients then were treated u...

The Riedel procedure is a radical ablative operation devised in 1898 when, in the pre-antibiotic era, acute and chronic frontal sinusitis carried a high morbidity and mortality. Curiously it persists as part of the armamentarium of the sinus surgeon over a century later. Despite all the advances made in modern therapeutics, imaging and instrument technology, a small subset of patients persists ...

Kartagener syndrome (KS) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic ciliary disorder characterized by situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis, and infertility. KS is associated with ultrastructural anomalies of the cilia in epithelial cells covering the upper and lower respiratory tracts and spermatozoa flagella. This case describes a patient with KS with situs inversus and sudden onset br...

Background: Meningitis is the most common intracranial complication of sinusitis. Objective: Determine the frequency of sinusitis using CT scans in children with documented meningitis. Methods and materials: A prospective, cross sectional study was done in pediatric infectious ward of Rasul Hospital in Tehran, Iran during 2010-2011. In this study 65 cases with meningitis were evaluated for pres...

This paper reports a case of septic cavernous sinus thrombosis following a chronic ear infection and paranasal sinusitis. The diagnosis and management of this condition are discussed.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Over the past two decades, the management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in chronic rhinosinusitis has posed significant challenges. This document reviews current management techniques and novel treatment modalities for sinonasal MRSA infections. RECENT FINDINGS Topical antibiotic therapy, that is, drops (ofloxacin) and ointments (mupirocin) as off-lab...