This article is divided into six sections that are related to six commonly used operations for surgery on the maxillary sinus. The authors discuss maxillary sinoscopy, the Caldwell-Luc procedure, extended middle meatus antrostomy, endoscopic maxillary sinus antrostomy, minimally invasive sinus technique, and balloon sinus procedures. In each of these procedures, the authors discuss potential co...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Sinus surgery is one of the most frequently performed surgical operations. The objective was to determine if rates of surgery have changed over the last 10 years. STUDY DESIGN Secondary data analysis of the State Ambulatory Surgery Database of Florida. METHODS We calculated population adjusted rates of ambulatory sinus surgery for all adults, 2000 to 2009. RESULT The...

Abstract Background Sinus near the sternoclavicular joint was considered as a rare congenital neck abnormality. Though it reported dermoid sinus in some literatures, embryological origin of unclear. This study aimed at reviewing clinical and histological characteristics analyzing possible this malformation children. Methods The medical records all patients with who underwent surgical resection ...

background: about half of all patients who undergo mitral valve surgery suffer from atrial fibrillation (af). cox described the surgical cut-and-sew maze procedure, which is an effective surgical method but has some complications. this study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of a substitution method of radiofrequency ablation (rfa) for patients undergoing mitral valve surgery with af. metho...

Mucoceles of the paranasal sinuses are locally aggressive, cystic, benign lesions. They mainly occur in the frontal or anterior ethmoidal sinuses, and more rarely in the maxillary sinus. Chronic sinus inflammation, trauma, previous surgery and allergic disease are common causes of paranasal mucoceles. Giant mucoceles of the maxillary sinus causing bone destruction are extremely rare in patients...

Abstract Objective The extent of surgery, the type device used and head position may influence nasal irrigation. aim this study was to determine effectiveness topical irrigant delivery paranasal sinuses according these factors. Method Four cadaveric heads underwent four stepwise endoscopic dissections. Irrigations were evaluated after every stage using different devices (squeeze-bottle, gravity...