title: [Sphenoidal sinusoscopy].
abstract: Description of a technique of sphenoidal puncture and sinusoscopy under radioscopic monitoring under general anaesthesia employed in 23 patients with various sphenoidal pathologies at the University Cantonal Hospital of Geneva. The results of the study evidence that this technique made it possible to specify in all cases the exact nature of the sphenoidal impairment, that had been suspected radiologically, and produced a therapeutic effect in more than half of the cases by draining of the sinus. Moreover, no surgical complications were recorded in this series, thus underlining the value of this endoscopic operation in cases of impairment of the sphenoid sinus.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Clinique et Polyclinique d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et de chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Genève, Suisse.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haüsler
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Buvelot
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D004653:Empyema / Q000175:diagnosis; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus
vernacular_title: La sinusoscopie sphénoïdale.