title: [Microcirculation evaluation of the maxillary sinus mucosa in patients with chronic sinusitis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: The State Otolaryngology Institute of P R China Shandong University, Jinan.
authors.forename: Yanzhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ming feng
authors.initials: Mf
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhensheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Zhihua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Wenbo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: 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*