title: Comprehensive surgical management of the aerosinusitis patient.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Provide a comprehensive overview of the pathophysiology and surgical management strategies of sinus barotrauma with attention to recent advancements in endoscopic surgical technique.
  
  
  RESULTS
  New endoscopic frontal sinus surgery techniques have been shown to be highly effective with rhinosinusitis management, but these techniques have not been evaluated with sinus barotrauma management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We discuss the surgical goals and expectations with sinus barotrauma and contrast these to those with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Sinus barotrauma surgery requires anatomic patency of involved sinuses whereas CRS patients are satisfied with a lack of symptoms from any residual mucosal disease.
authors.affiliation: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health EducationConsortium, Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Erik K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Weitzel
authors.forename: K Christopher
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: McMains
authors.forename: Peter-John
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Wormald
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001469:Barotrauma / Q000150:complications*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013517:Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome