[Orbital complications of sinusitis. Study of 40 cases]

During the past few years we have seen an increasing number of orbital complications of sinusitis. In the whole there are summarized 40 complications: 34 cellulitis, 4 exophthalmos and 2 neuritis of the optic nerve. In our opinion the complications were due to the wrongly use of the antibiotics as well as to erroneous indications for surgery. After the survey of diagnosis and managements, the AA. believe the TAC technique is unavoidable for ranging the cellulitis cases in one of the 5 groups established by Chandler and accordingly to treat them medically (antibiotics through the vein) or by surgery (external ethmoidectomy, Caldwell-Luc or osteoplasty of the frontal sinus).