[Microcirculation evaluation of the maxillary sinus mucosa in patients with chronic sinusitis].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the microcirculation change in the maxillary sinus mucosa of patients with chronic sinusitis.


METHODS
The microcirculation blood flow in the maxillary sinus mucosa of 20 patients with chronic sinusitis and 10 healthy controls was evaluated by means of nasal endoscopy-guided laser Doppler flowmetry.


RESULTS
The microcirculation blood flow were significantly reduced in the maxillary sinus mucosa of patients with chronic sinusitis (including type I and type II) compared with healthy controls(P<0.05, P<0.01). There were no significantly difference between the two types of chronic sinusitis.


CONCLUSIONS
The microcirculation blood flow were reduced in the maxillary sinus mucosa of patients with chronic sinusitis.
Li
Yanzhong
Y
The State Otolaryngology Institute of P R China Shandong University, Jinan.
Yang
Ming feng
Mf
Fang
Zhensheng
Z
Du
Zhihua
Z
Zhao
Wenbo
W
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000098:blood supply*; D008833:Microcirculation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000503:physiopathology*