title: The frontal sinus rescue procedure: early experience and three-year follow-up.
abstract: The frontal sinus rescue (FSR), first described in 1997, has now been performed on 24 patients (32 sides) over a period of three years. It is a functional endoscopic surgical approach to correct an iatrogenically scarred and obstructed frontal recess, which cannot be successfully opened via a normal endoscopic frontal sinusotomy approach. It is utilized primarily for patients whose only remaining option is either a Draf-type drill-out (modified intranasal Lothrop) procedure or frontal sinus obliteration. The FSR is a technically challenging procedure, but faster, less difficult, and less destructive for the patient than a "drill-out" or frontal sinus obliteration. Once learned, it can save the patient from undergoing the more radical drill-out or obliterative procedure. The early experience and three-year follow-up with this new endoscopic procedure is presented in our first 24 patients (32 sides).
authors.affiliation: Georgia Nasal and Sinus Institute, Savannah 31406, USA.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Javer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagpal
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Citardi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome