title: [Nasal endoscopic surgery in complicated ethmoiditis].
abstract: Spread of infection from paranasal sinuses is uncommon but, when it occurs may lead to serious ocular or intracranial complications. In this article we present four patients, three of them with orbital complications and one with an intracranial abscess, who were successfully treated with endoscopic surgery of the sinuses and antibiotic therapy. We describe some potential advantages of this approach.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Central de Asturias, Universidad de Oviedo.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Llorente Pendas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suárez Nieto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Díaz Fernández
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alvarez Alvarez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández Pello
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D004724:Endoscopy; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Cirugía endoscópica nasal en etmoiditis complicadas.