[Endoscopic sinus surgery. A review of 1,093 cases]

Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 2003 Jun-Jul;54(6):435-40. doi: 10.1016/s0001-6519(03)78433-7.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We present a serie of 1,093 patients that underwent, along 10 years, endoscopic surgery due to paranasal sinus pathology in a third level hospital. The technique used is described, the long term results analysed, as well as the minor and major complications specially the CSF fistulas and their cause.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / epidemiology
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea / etiology
  • Chronic Disease
  • Endoscopy / methods*
  • Fistula / etiology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / surgery*
  • Postoperative Complications