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Functional endoscopic sinus surgery: a brief review
J N Hicks1, M A Austin, J P Kotlarz
1Department of Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35233.
Abstract:
As a rule, functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is recommended for patients with chronic sinus problems that do not respond to medical treatment. For discussion of the surgical treatment to be useful we must first look at the importance of sinusitis, the medical diagnosis and treatment of sinusitis, the anatomic and pathologic considerations for the surgical treatment of sinusitis, the modern diagnosis of recurrent or persistent sinusitis and lastly, the surgical technique of functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
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