[Treatment of patients with chronic sinusitis by endoscopic and Caldwell-Luc approaches].
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.
Tang
X H
XH
Department of Otolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630.
Wang
L H
LH
Shi
J B
JB
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*