Quantification of airflow in the sinuses following functional endoscopic sinus surgery.

CONCLUSIONS: This study has quantified sinus airflow in the largest set of post-FESS patients to date, to show that with increasing extensive surgery, the sinus and nasal cavity become more interconnected and functionally interdependent. Accordingly, sinus ventilation is improved. This may have important consequences for pre- and post-surgical assessment and planning, and on predicting how drug delivery treatments and devices can be designed to target the postoperative sinuses.
PMID: 32238994 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Rhinology - April 3, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: Rhinology Source Type: research