[Transnasal endoscopic sinus surgery]

Abstract

The endoscopic sinus surgery is probably the most exciting topics in rhinology. Not only is the technology new, but the approach to sinus disease has changed dramatically. In this paper, we tried to present how sinus endoscopy can be applied to the treatment of sinus diseases and more radical forms of sinus surgery. Three kinds of surgical procedures were performed, they were the functional anterior ethmoidectomy, total ethmoidectomy, and total sphenoethmoidectomy for treatment of chronic ethmoid sinusitis (2 cases), polysinusitis with polyps (16 cases), and pansinusitis with polyps (5 cases). The results showed that the pus disappeared in 14 cases (60.8%), the dizziness and headache improved in 22 cases (95%), the smell improved in 14 cases (70%). There were 4 complications: nasolacrimal duct injury in one, and lamina papyracea injury in three. All of them recovered after management.