title: [Clinical and functional aspects of endonasal operation of the maxillary sinuses].
abstract: A total of 118 detailed questionnaires sent out to patients 3-5 years after endoscopic endonasal maxillary sinus surgery were evaluated. Forty-four patients (37.3%) were re-examined endoscopically. The procedure involves no complications, and 87% of the patients judged the endoscopic treatment of chronic maxillary sinusitis to have been successful. Supraturbinal antral windows remained patent, and a higher percentage were functionally intact compared with infraturbinal ones. The mucociliary pathways of the maxillary sinus via the antral window were restored postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: HNO-Klinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hosemann
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wigand
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nikol
mesh_terms: D002925:Ciliary Motility Disorders / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Klinische und funktionelle Aspekte der endonasalen Kieferhöhlen-Operation.