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Acute Frontal and Ethmoid Sinusitis with Subperiosteal Abscess
Author(s) -
CLARK GRAEME M.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1972.tb05652.x
Subject(s) - medicine , meatus , sinusitis , ethmoid sinus , abscess , surgery , frontal sinus , nose , paranasal sinuses
The treatment of a patient with acute frontal and ethmoid sinusitis complicated by a subperiosteal abscess is described. At the initial operation these sinuses were drained into the middle meatus of the nose using a large polythene tube. The advantages of intranasal in addition to external drainage are discussed.