The shaver has been described and used for all aspects of sinus surgery, including uncinectomy, maxillary antrostomy, sphenoethmoidectomy, [6] and even frontal recess surgery. [9] ...

Sinusitis occurs as a result of obstruction of the osteomeatal unit, which is located in the vicinity of the maxillary sinus ostium (Fig. 1). Because of obstruction, mucus accumulates inside the ...

T2 weighted axial MRI of the maxillary sinuses without contrast. Red arrow points to mucosal thickening of the left maxillary sinus. Uncorrected visual acuities were 20/20 OD, OS and OU.

There was partial opacification of the left frontal and maxillary sinuses. There was no abnormal enhancement in the brain parenchyma. The remainder of the extraocular muscles appeared intact ...

The four paranasal sinuses (maxillary, frontal, ethmoid and sphenoid) develop as outpouchings of the nasal mucosa. They remain connected to the nasal cavity via narrow ostia with a lumen diameter ...

So the approach does not have to be through the nose. Also notice that there are dilation codes for the maxillary, frontal and sphenoid sinuses – there isn’t a code for dilation of the ethmoid sinuses ...

The sinuses include the frontal sinuses (in the forehead), ethmoid sinuses (between the eyes), sphenoid sinuses (behind the ethmoids), and maxillary sinuses (in the cheekbones).

Postoperative care was reduced to nasal lavage with topical steroids for 3 to 6 weeks. Only 1 case of local failure have been observed (maxillary sinus, n = 1), and 6 cases of persisting of fungus ...

In fact, babies do have sinuses capable of getting infected—their maxillary and ethmoid sinuses are too tiny to see on an X-ray, but they exist—but they totally lack the frontal sinuses that ...

It's also impregnated with 370 micrograms of mometasone furoate, an anti-inflammatory drug, which it releases gradually into the sinus mucosa over a 30-day period. There are 3 versions of PROPEL: ...