title: Revision endoscopic frontal sinusotomy with mucoperiosteal flap advancement: the frontal sinus rescue procedure.
abstract: Frontal sinusitis after middle turbinate resection occurs because of stenosis of the frontal ostium by soft tissue scarring or residual bony fragments (which are pulled to the medial orbital wall by scar contracture). Standard endoscopic techniques cannot address this problem; however, revision endoscopic frontal sinusotomy with mucoperiosteal flap advancement (the frontal sinus rescue procedure) relieves this bony stenosis and incorporates a mucosal flap that minimizes postoperative stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Disorders, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Citardi
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Javer
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Kuhn
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000637:transplantation*; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D010521:Periosteum / Q000637:transplantation*; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods