[Sinusitis of the middle turbinate. Descriptive study and treatment]. / Sinusites du cornet moyen. Etude descriptive et traitement.

The middle turbinate inflammatory disease is a well a clinical as a radiological reality which is often unknown because of the rich sinusal surrounding diseases. This pathology represents less than 2% of the total sinusal pathologies we meet daily, and it always occurs on a concha bullosa: the middle turbinate becomes a real sinusal cavity with its own diseases. The new methods of diagnosis, nasal endoscopy and CT scanning, let identifie this turbinal own pathology better than ever. The authors emphasize a surgical treatment.

[Hazards and complications of ethmoidal surgery]. / Dangers et complications de la chirurgie éthmoïdale.

The most important publications concerning the complications following transnasal ethmoid surgery are reviewed by the authors who underline the dangers in this type of surgery: meninges, the orbit and orbital elements especially the muscles, the extra-orbital portion of the optic nerve and the internal carotid artery. A great prudence during surgical procedure is emphasized as well as the necessity of a perfect knowledge in scannographic and endoscopic anatomy of ethmoid to avoid the inflation of these complications.

[Homografts of the tympano-ossicular systems. Technic of removal and preservation]. / Homogreffes de systèmes tympano-ossiculaires. Technique de prélèvement et conservation

The use of homografts appears to be a promising method of repairing the sequelae of chronic otitis. The authors describe their method of removing the temporal, dissecting the tympano-ossicular system and labelling and preserving the grafts. A homograft bank can be set up and this is a very necessary preliminary in the regular application of this type of surgery.