Changing incidence of sinus infection in children.
This study presents the results of a 20 year review of maxillary sinus wash-outs performed on children. The results show a decreasing incidence of purulent sinusitis over the study period. Only 17 per cent of antral wash-outs undertaken yielded pus, indicating that surgical practice has failed to adequately take account of the changing disease incidence.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014852:Wales