title: [Current aspects of frontal sinus surgery. I: Endonasal frontal sinus drainage in inflammatory diseases of the paranasal sinuses].
abstract: Most conditions of the frontal sinus requiring surgery can now be managed successfully by endonasal procedures. According to Draf, 3 types of frontal sinus drainage occur. Surgical techniques and indications are described. In a retrospective study we evaluated 132/648 patients who were on average 5 years postoperative. Forty-two patients had type 1, 43 patients had type 2 and 47 patients had type 3 drainage. Endoscopy revealed a normal mucosa in 56-67%, whole polyps were found in 9-15%. There was no recurrence of an orbital or endocranial complication. According to our definition of surgical success, there was a success rate of 83.4% with type 1 drainage, 83.7% with type 2 drainage and 89.4% with type 3 drainage. If there was only little chance for successful endonasal surgery with type 3 drainage, an external osteoplastic frontal sinus operation was performed for definitive therapy.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für HNO-Krankheiten, Kopf-, Hals- und Plastische Gesichtschirurgie, Kommunikationsstörungen, Klinikum Fulda.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Draf
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Keerl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Constantinidis
mesh_terms: D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation; D019723:Endoscopes; D004724:Endoscopy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Aspekte zur Stirnhöhlenchirurgie. Teil I: Die endonasale Stirnhöhlendrainage bei entzündlichen Erkrankungen der Nasennebenhöhlen.