title: Access to the maxillary sinus using a bone flap on a mucosal pedicle: preliminary report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An alternative procedure to access the maxillary sinus is described.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe advantages and disadvantages of the suggested technique of harvesting a bone flap based on an antral mucosal pedicle.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four patients have been operated on to remove foreign bodies or odontogenic cysts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all four patients, removal of the lesions and foreign bodies was easily accomplished.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The procedure described respects the morpho-functional integrity of the sinus, is easy, quick and may be performed under local anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra e Divisione di Chirurgia Maxillo-Facciale, Ospedale S. Paolo, Milano, Italy. roberto.brusati@unimi.it
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biglioli
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goisis
mesh_terms: D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000601:surgery; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*