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Frontal sinus barotrauma
Author(s) -
Wbissman Bruce,
Green Ronald S.,
Roberts Perry T.
Publication year - 1972
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 - 10.1288/00005537-197212000-00003
Subject(s) - frontal sinus , sinus (botany) , medicine , hematoma , surgery , botany , biology , genus
Fourteen Air Force pilots and one Scuba diver exhibiting a severe form of aerosinusitis — frontal sinus hematoma — were evaluated and treated. The physiology of the sinuses during flight is presented as a basis for clinical staging of sinus barotrauma. Despite prompt and intensive medical therapy, 13 pilots with Grade III sinus barotrauma required trephination of the frontal sinus.