Endoscopic Surgery of the Nasal Fontanel: A New Approach to Recurrent Sinusitis
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Vol. 107 (5) , 290-293
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1981.00790410028007
Abstract
• For the treatment of recurrent maxillary sinusitis, the middle meatus offers a good site to make an extra ostium, ie, the posterior nasal fontanel. The fontanel is situated near the natural maxillary ostium in the middle meatus, and this site is a more physiologic place, therefore, to create an antrostomy compared with the inferior meatus. Moreover, a surgical ostium has little inclination to become obliterated in this area. A special instrument was designed to perforate the fontanel. Nasoendoscopy gives an excellent view of the area and makes it possible to avoid complications. (Arch Otolaryngol 1981;107:290-293)This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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