Prediction of the clinical outcome of acute frontal sinusitis with ventilation measurement of the nasofrontal duct after trephination: a long-term follow-up study.
Laryngoscope
; 106(3 Pt 1): 292-5, 1996 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
Acute frontal sinusitis has become an increasing clinical problem in the region that is served by the hospital represented by the authors of this study. The standard surgical treatment protocol after the failure of conservative therapy has been to perform trephination of the involved frontal sinus. More sophisticated procedures have been used in patients with prolonged or recurrent disease. The authors have developed a simple ventilation test of the nasofrontal duct that can be used to determine which patients require further surgery. In a long-term follow-up study of 85 patients, this ventilation test was shown to predict the cases that would heal uneventfully after trephination and the cases that would require further surgery because of an obstructed nasofrontal duct. The findings of this study are of special interest for modern functional endoscopic sinus surgery, the purpose of which is to open up the nasofrontal region.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Respiración
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Trepanación
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Sinusitis Frontal
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Laryngoscope
Asunto de la revista:
OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Año:
1996
Tipo del documento:
Article