title: [Nuclear medicine studies of the regenerative behavior of paranasal sinus mucosa after functional endoscopic ethmoid bone surgery].
abstract: The mucociliary clearance of the maxillary sinus mucosa was studied before and 6-18 months after functional sinus surgery using 99mTc-SC in 34 sinuses of 22 patients with chronic inflammation of the ethmoid and maxillary sinus. Before operation the mucociliary transport was very slow and sometimes absent. In the postoperative interval between 6 and 18 months we saw a significant return of the mucosal function. In 56% of the sinuses investigated the postoperative clearance rate was within the normal range. We also recorded a similar trend in allergic patients, although there was not such a clear return to normal of the mucociliary clearance, and the rates were not within the normal range. We found no recovery of the mucociliary function in 11 sinuses of 7 patients with impaired healing. Decisions on subsequent treatment were based on postoperative nasal endoscopy and functional mucosal repair.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenkranheiten, Medizinischen Fakultät Charité, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Behrbohm
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sydow
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004724:Endoscopy; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015523:Maxillary Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009079:Mucociliary Clearance / Q000502:physiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D012038:Regeneration / Q000502:physiology*; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
chemical_list: D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
vernacular_title: Nuklearmedizinische Untersuchungen zum Reparationsverhalten der Kieferhöhlenschleimhaut nach FES.