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Endoscopic frontal trephination verse the osteoplastic flap in patients with frontal sinus disease after bifrontal
Pengcheng Yu1, Xiaomeng Mao2, Xumao Li1
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Objective:
We review the clinical outcome of endoscopic frontal trephination and osteoplastic flap in patients with frontal sinus disease after bifrontal craniotomy.
Methods:
The clinical data of patients with frontal sinus disease after bifrontal craniotomy between 2008 and 2018 were studied.
Results:
Twenty-two patients underwent trephination and 15 patients had osteoplastic flap. The mean operation time was 101.5 min for osteoplactic flap, statistically shorter than that of the trephination (p < 0.05). The blood loss during the trephination was significantly lower than that of the osteoplactis flap (mean, 29.6 ± 11.5 versus 96.3 ± 46.8 ml; p < 0.01). The postoperative hospital stay was 2.2 ± 0.7 days for patients of the trephination and 3.7 ± 1.6 days for patients of the osteoplastic flap, and this difference was statistically significant (p < 0.01). No complication and recurrence in all 37 patients.
Conclusions:
Both endoscopic frontal trephination and the osteoplastic flap are safe and highly effective in patients with frontal sinus disease after bifrontal craniotomy. However, the trephination can cause lower blood loss and require shorter postoperative stay while it takes shorter time to complete the osteoplactis flap.
