[Functional endoscopic sinus surgery].
Eighty-two cases of functional endoscopic sinus surgery were analyzed. It include 62 males and 20 females; the oldest was 72 years of age and the youngest eight years of age. A hard endoscope with a diameter of 4mm and the CCD micro-videorecorder produced by Circon and Olympus Company were used. Operations were done under general anesthesia in all cases. Twenty-three cases (28.1%) recovered in one stage and recovery was delayed in 28 cases (34.2%); late inflammation occurred in 23 cases (28.1%); 8 cases failed (9.8%). The cure rate was 62.2%. Two cases (2.4%) had operative complications namely injury to the lamina papyracea and anterior ethmoidal artery, all recovered uneventfully.
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Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D002648:Child; D004724:Endoscopy; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology