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[Surgical treatment for maxillary sinus benign diseases under nasal endoscopy]
Wenzhong Wang1, Mingjie Zhang, Xiaodong Zhan
1Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, 233004, China. wwz0819@yahoo.com.cn
Objective:
To investigate the surgical methods to treat maxillary sinus benign diseases with nasal endoscopy.
Method:
Forty-one cases with maxillary sinus benign diseases inducing maxillary sinus polyps, cysts, mycosis, inverted papilloma were operated on using nasal endoscopy in three approaches, such as single pathway of extended ostium of maxillary sinus, two pathway of middle and inferior meatus, two pathway of extended ostium of maxillary sinus and lateral wall of nasal cavity.
Result:
All patients were followed up for a period of more than 6 months, 39 cases were cured (95.1%), 2 cases relapsed.
Conclusion:
Maxillary sinus benign diseases can be excised by three kinds of approaches under nasal endoscopy surgery, and they are minimal invasive effective and worthy of clinical expansion.
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