title: Nasal polypectomy: should antral washout be a routine?
abstract: Seventy patients with nasal polyps were studied. Forty-seven of these had pre-operative sinus radiographs and all seventy patients had antral washouts at the time of nasal polypectomy. One hundred and seventeen antral aspirates were sent for culture and microscopy. The naked eye appearance of aspirates were turbid in 34 patients. Bacteria were cultured from 15 of the specimens in 10 patients. It was concluded that antral washout should be recommended in all patients who have nasal polypectomy and that there is no need for sinus radiographs in those patients who have uncomplicated nasal polyps.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dowell
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pahor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation