title: Quantitative evaluation of facial growth in children after unilateral ESS for subperiosteal orbital abscess drainage.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effects of unilateral endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) on facial skeletal growth in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective controlled study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Academic tertiary referral medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Included were children who underwent a unilateral ESS procedure between 1995 and 2006 to evacuate a subperiosteal orbital abscess (SPOA) and several years later went through cephalometric measurements comparing their facial development between the surgical and nonsurgical sides.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 6 children were recruited for this study (3 girls and 3 boys), between the ages 3 to 10 at time of surgery, and from 9.5 to 23 years of age today. Four of the children had surgery on the right side and 2 on the left. No statistically significant difference was found when evaluating all planes in the cephalometric radiographs according to age at surgery, age today and years from surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our study, no significant differences were found in craniofacial growth between the sides of the face in children who underwent ESS for the same medical indication on one side of the face, suggesting that ESS might be safely performed even in young children.
  
  
  METHODS
  -2c.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel(1).
authors.forename: Lihi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sagi
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel(1).
authors.forename: Ephraim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eviatar
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 7030070300, Israel(1).
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel(1). Electronic address: haim.ga@012.net.il.
authors.forename: Haim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gavriel
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004322:Drainage; D004724:Endoscopy; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Change; Children; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Mid face; Subperiosteal orbital abscess