Objective: To properly understand the basic theory and the clinical application of the functional endoscopic sinus surgery and the traditional technique.
Methods: The indications, extend of excision, operative approach, complication and curative effect of 1,740 cases(3,140 sides) done in the China-Japan Friendship Hospital and Jining Jiaotong Hospital were analysed. Among them, 522 cases(1,032 sides, 30%) received the traditional technique for sinusitis; 1,218 cases(2,108 sides, 70%) received functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
Results: Three hundred and ninety-eight cases of traditional ethmoid sinus operation and 352 of functional sinus surgeries were followed-up and their cure rates were 80% and 93% respectively. Both groups had no serious complications.
Conclusions: The main indications of functional sinus surgery are infectious nasal sinus diseases or meatus nasi lesion that may interfere with the drainage. Such kinds of diseases have high morbidity than the diffused polyposis and deserves attention. Traditional operations for frontal and maxillary sinusitis should be controlled appropriately, but the traditional sphenoid sinus operation is still an effective treatment for the diffused polyposis.