The application of image-guided systems to sinus surgery is gaining in popularity. This study tried to evaluate the efficacy of image-guided surgery (IGS) in the fenestration of the sphenoid sinus in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) who received revision functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). A total of 51 CRS patients who received revision FESS incorporating IGS between January ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The goal of this study was to determine the incidence of major complications following primary and revision functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). In addition, this study aimed to determine factors associated with the occurrence of complications including patient and provider characteristics and the use of image guidance system (IGS) technology. STUDY DESIGN Retrosp...

BACKGROUND Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is rare in children and has a major impact on Quality of Life (QoL). Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) has proven to be an effective treatment, but it is still unclear what long-term outcomes are in children with CRSwNP. The objective of this study was to assess long-term results of FESS in children with CRSwNP. METHODOLOGY...

BACKGROUND The surgical management of chronic recurrent sinusitis (CRS) recalcitrant to medical therapy in the pediatric population has traditionally consisted of adenoidectomy and functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), depending on age and imaging findings. Adenoidectomy relieves nasopharyngeal airway obstruction as well as potentially eradicates a bacterial reservoir. FESS, as in adults,...

BACKGROUND It is necessary to predict the bleeding risk in patients undergoing functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). To evaluate the adequacy of primary hemostasis, preoperative hemostatic screening tests are used. In the present study, we determined whether there is a positive correlation between prolonged closure time (CT) with collagen/epinephrine (CT-epi), prothrombin time (PT), inter...

BACKGROUND For more than 70 years, the coexistence of asthma and paranasal rhinosinusitis has been noted in the medical literature. Causal relationships have been proposed but not proved. To date, limited evidence exists suggesting that asthma improves after surgical correction of rhinosinusitis. OBJECTIVE To determine whether asthma control improved after first-time functional endoscopic sin...

Owing to advances in many technologies, the high-speed flywheel energy storage system (FESS), flywheel battery, has become a viable alternative to electrochemical batteries and attracted much research attention in recent years. A self-organising fuzzy neural network controller is presented for FESS to improve transient stability and increase transfer capability of power systems. The main differ...

BACKGROUND Orbital complications following functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) are fortunately rare. They are usually easily and rapidly recognizable. CASE PRESENTATION We present an unusual case of a forty-five year old woman who underwent routine FESS and was not packed nasally after the procedure. Six hours later she started bleeding and nasal packs were inserted. She soon developed...

INTRODUCTION Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) is an inflammatory process associated with several different pathogenic aerobic and anaerobic organisms. The microbiology of CRS has been studied extensively. As a result, probability guided antibiotics have been used. Endoscopic cultures of the middle meatus and sinuses have assisted in directing the choice of antibiotics and overall treatment. Reports...

to evaluate results of concurrent functional endoscopic sinus surgery (fess) and nasal plastic surgery in terms of safety, efficacy and patient satisfaction, and compare them with the results of single procedures. we conducted a prospective case control study in three groups of patients with chronic sinusitis and nasal deformity; 25 cases had concurrent fess and rhinoplasty, 25 controls had fes...