[Disturbances in mucociliary clearance after maxillary sinus surgery. Experimental study].
The effect of inferior nasoantral windows on mucociliary clearance, with or without radical surgical removal of the maxillary sinus mucosa, was evaluated in five New Zealand white rabbits. Mucociliary clearance was analyzed using India ink as a marker and observing its distribution and flow rate. Partial and radical surgical removal of the mucosa, nasoantral windows, and the Caldwell-Luc operation were performed and mucociliary transport was studied. After three months, mucociliary clearance was conserved after partial resection of the sinus mucosa and absent after radical mucosal resection.
Melgarejo Moreno
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Servicio ORL, Hospital Vega Baja, Orihuela (Alicante)
Hellín Meseguer
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Alpay
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D000818:Animals; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D009079:Mucociliary Clearance; D011817:Rabbits; D013997:Time Factors