Imaging for endoscopic sinus surgery in adults [PDF]
Computerized tomography (CT) offers the gold standard in terms of imaging the extent of disease and the fine detailed anatomy, both pre-requisites to the safe practice of endoscopic sinus surgery. Neither plain X-rays nor magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Lloyd, G, Lund, VJ, Savy, L
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Diagnosis of Adult Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Can Nasal Endoscopy Predict Intrasinus Disease?
Objectives: To define the role of endoscopic evaluation of middle meatus in adult patients clinically diagnosed to have chronic rhino-sinusitis and its ability to predict intra-sinus mucosal involvement as compared to CT scan.Methods: This prospective ...
Arif Ali Kolethekkat +5 more
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Background. The inflammatory mucosa of the sinus cavities is called sinusitis and is divided into various types based on its appearance and sign. Chronic rhinosinusitis is an inflammatory-infectious disease that involves the frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid ...
Masoud Asghari +2 more
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Cochrane acute respiratory infections group's stakeholder engagement project identified systematic review priority areas [PDF]
Objective: Cochrane acute respiratory infections (ARIs) group conducts systematic reviews of the evidence for treatment and prevention of ARIs. We report the results of a prioritization project, aiming to identify highest priority systematic review ...
Clark, Justin +5 more
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Low Baseline Pneumococcal Antibody Titers Predict Specific Antibody Deficiency, Increased Upper Respiratory Infections, and Allergy Sensitization. [PDF]
Background:Inadequate titers of pneumococcal antibody (PA) are commonly present among patients with recurrent respiratory infections. Objective:We sought to determine the effect of the degree of inadequacy in baseline PA titers on the subsequent ...
Chernikova, Diana +5 more
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Purpose: to compare the results of the traditional and minimally invasive methods of surgi-cal treatment performed for chronic purulent maxillary sinusitis. Materials and methods. We examined 100 patients with chronic suppurative maxillary sinusitis (one-
M A Labazanova +2 more
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Meta-analisis of the etiology of odontogenic maxillary sinusitis [PDF]
Objective: To identify and evaluate the frequency of the different odontogenic conditions that may lead to maxillary sinusitis. Study design: An observational and retrospective meta-analysis was carried out on 770 cases of maxillary sinusitis obtained ...
Arias Irimia, Óscar +4 more
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Study of Acute and Chronic Sinusitis – Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment: A Review article
Background: Sinusitis is an inflammatory condition that affects the mucous membrane lining the airways. Chronic rhinosinusitis and acute rhinosinusitis are the two types. Rhinosinusitis is characterized by facial pain, congestion, and headache.
Husam Salman Jasim +2 more
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Reslizumab in patients with inadequately controlled late-onset asthma and elevated blood eosinophils [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Asthma with adult onset and elevated blood eosinophils is a difficult-to-treat subgroup. This post hoc analysis evaluated reslizumab, an anti-interleukin-5 monoclonal antibody, in patients with late-onset eosinophilic asthma.
Brusselle, Guy +3 more
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Possible Skull Base Erosion After Prolonged Frontal Sinus Stenting [PDF]
Frontal sinus stenting is widely used with the goal of maintaining nasofrontal duct patency after sinus surgery. The general recommendation is to leave stents in place for 6 months; however, prolonged stenting up to 6 years has been reported with no ...
Ching, Harry H., MD +3 more
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