Complications of intranasal ethmoidectomy: a review of 1,000 consecutive operations.
A series of 1,000 consecutive intranasal ethmoidectomies performed on 565 patients was reviewed. There were 28 complications (2.8%) in 26 patients. No patient died, and none became blind. This experience suggests that, in experienced hands, intranasal ethmoidectomy for polypoid disease and chronic ethmoid sinusitis can be a safe operation.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002559:Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D008910:Minnesota; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D009915:Orbit; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000150:complications; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications