Therapeutic endoscopy of the paranasal sinuses.
This paper is mainly concerned with describing and demonstrating the technique of paranasal endoscopies--maxillary, frontal, sphenoidal--, illustrated by diagrams. The improvement of technique in diagnosis and therapy of the paranasal sinuses has proved essentially successful. Indications for therapeutic endoscopy of paranasal sinuses are: 1. Purulent sinusitis. 2. Polypous and purulent sinusitis in children. 3. The so-called "mucosinus". 4. Removal of solitary cysts. 5. Removal of tooth fillings and roots. The different procedures are described.
D003560:Cysts / Q000628:therapy; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009093:Mucus; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus