title: Clinical effects of endonasal sinusectomy with reconstruction of the nasal cavity (Takahashi's method).
abstract: A follow-up investigation of the results of endonasal sinusectomy with reconstruction of the nasal cavity (Takahashi's method) was carried out in 535 of 1,338 patients who underwent endonasal sinusectomies during the 6-year period from 1967 to 1972. The results of subjective symptoms were as follows: cured 196 (36.6%); improved 234 (47.5%); unchanged 69 (12.9%); aggravated 12 (2.2%). In other words, 450 (84.1%) of the patients were satisfied with the results of the operations. Good results have similarly been obtained in cases of nasal allergy which shows increasing tendency of late, and concomitant reconstruction of the nasal cavity and desensitization therapy have resulted in improved responses.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000601:surgery*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery*