INTRODUCTION Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis is a common chronic disease that often affects maxillary sinus. Endoscopic sinus surgery is the most common procedure for treating the majority of maxillary sinus lesions. OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the role of canine fossa puncture during endoscopic sinus surgery procedure in patients with severe maxillary sinus disease. METHODS We pre...

air in the intracranial vascular compartment is rare and only few case reports are published in the literature. without surgery or open head trauma, the origin of air bubbles in the venous sinus is still debated. we report an admitted patient in the emergency room one hour after a severe closed head injury, and in whom, the post-surgical cranial ct scan demonstrated feature of air embolism alon...

Purpose: Here we report a case of postoperative cheek cyst arising from the maxillary sinus with orbital involvement.Case summary: A 56-year-old male presented to our clinic right periorbital edema and visual impairment. Upon examination, he had field defect best corrected acuity 0.6 in eye. The patient was diagnosed originating sinus. developed because radical surgery. Computed tomography show...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine the long-term results of frontal sinus drillout (also known as modified Lothrop procedure) for the treatment of advanced frontal sinus disease. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review. METHODS The records of patients who underwent frontal sinus drillout by a single surgeon at an academic medical center from June 1995 through November 2011 were reviewed. Patient ...

Endonasal endoscopic sinus surgery is the standard procedure for surgery of most paranasal sinus diseases. Appropriate frame conditions provided, the respective procedures are safe and successful. These prerequisites encompass appropriate technical equipment, anatomical oriented surgical technique, proper patient selection, and individually adapted extent of surgery. The range of endonasal sinu...

OBJECTIVE To measure the intra-sinus pressure and the maxillary sinus functional efficiency (MSFE) in individuals with chronic facial pain after conservative or conventional endoscopic maxillary surgery, as well as in controls. METHOD Sinus manometry was performed 5 times during inhalation. RESULTS The resemblance of pressure values comparing those treated with minimally invasive surgery an...