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Patency Rate of Endoscopic Middle Meatus Antrostomy
Author(s) -
Davis William E.,
Templer Jerry W.,
LaMear William R.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1002/lary.1991.101.4.416
Subject(s) - medicine , meatus , surgery , asymptomatic , cure rate , sinusitis , chronic sinusitis , endoscopy , functional endoscopic sinus surgery
A series of 145 patients with chronic sinusitis were treated with functional endoscopic sinus surgery. Patency of the middle meatus was evaluated by actuarial life‐table methods. After 24 months' followup, the overall patency rate of endoscopic middle meatotomy was 94.08%. Questionnaire data indicated that 91.8% of these patients were improved or asymptomatic. This preliminary study indicates that the patency rate of middle meatal antrostomy appears to be greater than that of inferior meatal antrostomy when compared to literature controls, and that a high percentage of these patients are improved by this surgery.