Sinus surgery is more effective than antibiotics at treating chronic rhinosinusitis, according to a major clinical trial led by University College London (UCL) along with academics at the University ...

For patients with chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps, nasal endoscopic surgery can remove polyps in a shorter time, with less intraoperative blood loss compared with traditional open sinus surgery, ...

In endoscopic maxillary sinus surgery, the maxillary sinus is accessed through the nasal cavity which constitutes a narrow and tortuous pathway. However, surgeons still use rigid endoscopes and rigid, ...

PORTLAND, Ore.-- Adults with chronic rhinosinusitis —a debilitating inflammation of the nasal passages that lasts for months and keeps coming back — report significantly improved quality of life ...

Endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) provides significantly better disease-specific quality of life at 6 months than long-term, low-dose treatment with the macrolide antibiotic ...

Small randomized trial supports stronger position in guidelines that favor conservative ap ...

Subjective — but not objective — olfactory improvements in patients who underwent endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps were maintained up to 6 months after surgery, ...

Sinuses are interconnected, hollow spaces located in the skull that connect to the nasal passages. They help filter the air we breathe and act as another level of immune defense. Sinuses are lined ...