title: [Transnasal endoscopic repair of choanal atresia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We evaluated the results of endoscopic repair for choanal atresia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten patients (2 males, 8 females) underwent transnasal endoscopic repair for choanal atresia. Involvement was unilateral in five cases and bilateral in five cases. Unilateral patients were treated at a mean age of 22.6 years (range 1 to 44 years), while bilateral cases were treated within the first six days of life. Two patients with bilateral involvement had associated polydactyl and tracheoesophageal fistula, respectively. The mean follow-up period was 26 months (range 8 to 56 months).
  
  
  RESULTS
  No postoperative complications such as significant hemorrhage, injury to the skull base, cerebrospinal fluid fistula, septal perforation, or granulation tissue formation were encountered. All the patients had choanal patency at the end of six months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endoscopic repair of choanal atresia is effective in both unilateral and bilateral cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey. smumbuc@superonline.com
authors.forename: Semih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mumbuç
authors.forename: Erkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karataş
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Durucu
authors.forename: Enver
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanlikama
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002754:Choanal Atresia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome