title: Sinus surgery: does mitomycin C reduce stenosis?
abstract: This experimental study investigates the effect of mitomycin C (MMC) on sinus mucosal healing. MMC has an antiproliferative action on fibroblasts. It is used in glaucoma surgery to prevent restenosis of fistulas. Antrostomies were drilled in rabbit maxillary sinuses. One side was used as a control and the other treated with MMC at a concentration of 0.04, 0.4, or 1 mg/mL. Two animals from each group were sacrificed at 1, 2, 4, and 12 weeks. The antrostomies in the control and 0.04-mg/mL groups had closed by 1 week; in the 0.4-mg/mL group by 4 weeks, and in the 1.0-mg/mL group by 12 weeks. Ciliary function was initially impaired but normalized within 1 week. Both light and scanning electron microscopy showed no permanent damage to the cilia. These results suggest that MMC can be used to delay closure of antrostomies in sinus surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ingrams
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Volk
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Biesman
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pankratov
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Shapshay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011817:Rabbits; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D016685:Mitomycin