Chronic Odontogenic Rhinosinusitis: Optimization of Surgical Treatment Indications.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study revealed that extraction of causative tooth is an effective treatment of chronic odontogenic rhinosinusitis caused by apical periodontitis. CT criteria are not valuable indicator for sinus surgery, but persistence of malodor after 2 weeks is the strongest indication for this type of treatment. PMID: 32475127 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy - May 30, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Simuntis R, Kubilius R, Tušas P, Leketas M, Vaitkus J, Vaitkus S Tags: Am J Rhinol Allergy Source Type: research