[Clinical and functional aspects of endonasal operation of the maxillary sinuses].
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.
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HNO-Klinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Wigand
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Nikol
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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*
Klinische und funktionelle Aspekte der endonasalen Kieferhöhlen-Operation.