title: Functional Endoscopic Surgery After Facial Trauma.
abstract: The present study describes 3 patients of previous facial trauma who have subsequently been treated with functional endoscopic sinus surgery. The authors want pay attention on the possible correlation between facial trauma and sinusitis. Such fractures can be the cause of onset of paranasal sinusitis or of worsening of a previous sinusitis. The correlation between these 2 pathologies could be due to the fact that facial fractures concern the anatomic structures of paranasal sinuses. The damage to these structures during the facial trauma and tissue regeneration after injury or surgical treatment subverts the anatomy and function of the sinuses in a basically compromised situation.
authors.affiliation: *Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Odontoiatrics, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno †Maxillofacial Surgery Unit ‡Dentistry Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University Federico II Naples, Naples §Otolaryngology Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine of Catanzaro, University Magna Grecia, Catanzaro ||Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Odontoiatrics, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrocelli
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sbordone
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salzano
authors.forename: Francesco Maria
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Cassandro
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chiarella
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scarpa
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iaconetta
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Califano
authors.forename: Ettore
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cassandro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004724:Endoscopy; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000601:surgery*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000209:etiology*; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*