title: [Treatment of patients with chronic sinusitis by endoscopic and Caldwell-Luc approaches].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical effect of surgical procedures on patients with chronic sinusitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  104 patients with chronic sinusitis were treated by endoscopic and Caldwell-Luc's approaches. The lesions were cleared away completely.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical cure rate was 96.1% after 6-12 months (average 9 months) follow up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It suggests that patients with severe maxillary sinus diseases might be cured by endoscopic and Caldwell-Luc's procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630.
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery*