EXTERNAL OPERATION ON THE FRONTAL SINUS: A CRITICAL REVIEW

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The external operation on the frontal sinus is not performed as often today as it was twenty years ago, and the reasons for this are obvious. In the first place, in the majority of instances intranasal measures are sufficient to drain the sinus properly and to make possible thorough irrigation of the cavity after operation. In the second place, postoperative closure of the nasofrontal opening has been of such frequent occurrence that many rhinologists have become discouraged and consequently have ceased to make any effort to use radical treatment for conditions of the frontal sinus. Some attempt external operation on the frontal sinus only in the presence of orbital or intracranial complications. Ultraconservatism of this sort is to be condemned, for when patients suffer with severe headaches there is a distinct indication for the operation after all intranasal measures have failed and it is reasonably certain that

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