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[Transnasal endoscopic sinus surgery for diseases in the ethmoid-sphenoid area]
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College,Bengbu 233004.
Objective:
To explore the proprieties of diseases in the ethmoid-sphenoid area and improve the effects of treatment and diagnose of these kinds of diseases.
Method:
51 cases of diseases in the ethmoid-sphenoid areas,who had undergone transnasal endoscopic sinus surgery, were investigated. Among them, 41 cases of diseases in the ethmoid-sphenoid area involved at the same time were undergone surgery by ethmoid approach, 10 cases with isolated sphenoid diseases were done via nasal cavity.
Result:
Forty-eight cases did not develop serious complications after surgical treatments, and 3 cases recurrence during the follow-up.
Conclusion:
Diseases in the ethmoid-sphenoid area readily ignored because there are few specific early-stage symptoms. Computer-tomographer scan is helpful to the diagnose and introductive to the procedure of surgery. Transnasal endoscopic sinus surgery can make patients suffer less, and leaves no scar in the face.
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