Trends in the Use of Stents and Drug-Eluting Stents in Sinus Surgery.
Stenting has long been used in the paranasal sinuses with the goals of maintaining a patent sinus cavity during the postoperative healing process and preventing restenosis from inflammation or scarring. More recently, drug-eluting stents have been introduced. Steroid-impregnated dressings and implants appear to be safe, although likely have increased systemic absorption compared with topical nasal steroid sprays and rinses. There is evidence to support the use of steroid-releasing implants in the ethmoid cavity in the postoperative period; however, more study is needed to truly define the role of these implants.
Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Rhinology, Sinus & Skull Base Surgery, Vanderbilt University, 1215 21st Avenue South, #7209 MCE South Tower, Nashville, TN 37232-8605, USA.
Leah J
LJ
Hauser
Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Rhinology, Sinus & Skull Base Surgery, Vanderbilt University, 1215 21st Avenue South, #7209 MCE South Tower, Nashville, TN 37232-8605, USA.
Justin H
JH
Turner
Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Rhinology, Sinus & Skull Base Surgery, Vanderbilt University, 1215 21st Avenue South, #7209 MCE South Tower, Nashville, TN 37232-8605, USA. Electronic address: Rakesh.Chandra@vanderbilt.edu.
Rakesh K
RK
Chandra
D002908:Chronic Disease; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents / Q000639:trends*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D059085:Nasal Sprays; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000601:surgery*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery*; D013256:Steroids / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D059085:Nasal Sprays; D013256:Steroids
Chronic rhinosinusitis; Chronic sinusitis; Drug-eluting stents; Sinus surgery; Stents; Steroid releasing stents