UNLABELLED Functional endoscopic sinus surgery is the preferred treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis currently. Success on symptoms relief and quality of life improvement are the study leading objectives. STUDY DESIGN retrospective clinical trial. METHODS Questionnaires were given to the patients referred to Hospital das Clinicas-UFPE to chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) functional endoscopic si...

Introduction. Woakes' syndrome, commonly defined as severe recurrent nasal polyps with consecutive destruction of the nasal pyramid, is rare with only a few reports in the literature documenting surgical treatment of the external nose. Case Presentation. We describe the case of an adult patient with Samter's triad who had been surgically treated from nasal polyposis since 2002. By 2014 a conspi...

Chronic dacryocystitis results very often from obstruction to the nasolacrimal duct. It manifests as epiphora or watering of the eyes. The lacrimal sac gets expanded and also the wall of the sac gets thickened as a result of collection of mucopus due to obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct. Treatment of chronic dacryocystitis is by a surgical approach which consists of making an opening between...

Background: nasal blockage is one of the commonest presentation to otolaryngology outpatients department. Deviated nasal septum is one of the commonest cause for the nasal blockage. The deviated septum can be corrected by various procedures amongst which septoplasty is commonly performed. Which can be either conventional type or endoscopic type. Aims and Objectives: The study aims to compare th...

We report a rare case of pleomorphic adenoma arising from the lateral nasal wall which was incidentally detected at a very early stage. A 38-year-old man presented to the ophthalmology department with a 2-year history of epiphora from the left eye. He was referred to otorhinolaryngology department as a candidate for endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy. Nasal endoscopy revealed a polypoid mass on t...

Keywords Endoscopic sinus surgery Eosinophil Nasal polyposi Paranasal sinus Sinonasal polyps Nasal polyposis is one of the chronic airway diseases, which affects the patient's quality of life in different ways. There are various complications along with nasal polyposis, which might be cured by drug administration. Due to failure of pharmacotherapy effects, various surgical approaches might be u...

Inverted papilloma (IP) is a benign tumor of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses that is unilateral in most cases. Bilateral IP, involving both sides of the nasal cavity and sinuses, is extremely rare. This paper describes a large IP that filled in both sides of the nasal cavity and sinuses, mimicking association with malignancy. The tumor was successfully treated by bilateral endoscopic med...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The microdebrider is a surgical tool which has been used successfully in many endoscopic surgical procedures in otolaryngology. In this study, we analysed our experience using this powered instrument in the resection of obstructive nasal septum deviations. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a longitudinal, prospective, descriptive study conducted between January and Jun...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to present a monocentric retrospective study designed to compare oncologic results and morbidity between transfacial surgery and endoscopic endonasal surgery for nasal adenocarcinomas. METHODS Between 1998 and 2003, 31 patients were operated on via transfacial surgery, and between 2004 and 2009, 43 patients were operated on via endoscopic endonasal sur...

INTRODUCTION Choanal polyps are a benign pathology arising in the sinusal mucosa and entering the nasal fossa heading for the choana. It is a unilateral condition mainly affecting young people. It must be surgically removed, with exeresis of both the nasal and the sinusal lesions. MATERIAL AND METHOD A retrospective review has been made of 51 patients treated for choanal polyp at our centre. ...