Purpose To evaluate the results of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) for paranasal sinus mucocoele with orbital involvement and assess the frequency with which a direct orbital approach is required in ...

Endoscopic medial maxillectomy is currently the most commonly used endoscopic approach to the maxillary sinus inverting papilloma. The possible complications of this procedure include epiphora, ...

This is a novel minimally invasive surgical method for maxillary sinus mucoceles and antrochoanal polyps. To describe a modified technique of inferior meatal fenestration with a mucosal flap for ...

The goal of endoscopic sinus surgery is to improve the drainage of the sinuses and prevent mucus from building up in these chambers. When secretions accumulate in a blocked off sinus, they may become ...

The reimbursement rates for many ASC procedures have benefited and will benefit under the new Medicare payment system. One such procedure seeing a noticeable reimbursement boost is endoscopy with ...

Is there a less-invasive way than conventional surgery to open up clogged sinuses? Yes. There’s a new procedure called sinuplasty in which a balloon is threaded into the sinuses and inflated to push ...

The FDA continues to make single-use endoscopes available for surgeons’ repertoires—as it looks to cut down on the transmission of infections from patient-to-patient between procedures—with new ...

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