• 1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital;Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, P. R. China;
  • 2. The First Medical Collage;Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, P. R. China;
LIUYang, Email: liuyang_19861010@163.com
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Objective To evaluate the safety and effect of balloon sinuplasty for the treatment of chronic sphenoid sinusitis. Methods From November 2011 to March 2013, 17 patients received balloon catheter dilation of sinus ostia. All the patients were followed up for 12 months postoperatively and the therapeutic effect was evaluated. Results At the end of the following-up, the clinical symptoms of all the patients got relieved. Through nasal endoscopic examination, we found that apertura sphenoidalis developed well in 15 cases, sinus mucosa edema in one case, sinus stenosis in one case, and no postoperative complications occurred. The mean visual analogue scale (VAS) scores were 5.21±1.51 preoperatively and 3.23±1.34, 3.35±1.41, 3.58±1.46 at 3, 6 and 12 months postoperatively. The mean sino-nasal outcome test-20 scores were 12.50±1.96 preoperatively and 7.30±1.79, 7.64±1.93, 7.77±2.02 at 3, 6, 12 months postoperatively. The mean Lund-Kennedy endoscopic mucosal morphology scores were 3.51±1.47 preoperatively and 1.77±1.11, 1.88±1.01, 2.00±0.97 at 3, 6, 12 months postoperatively. The mean CT scores were 1.57±1.06 preoperatively and 0.85±0.62 at 12 months postoperatively. Compared with the preoperative scores, the postoperative scores were significantly different. Conclusion Balloon sinuplasty is worthy of clinical application for its advantages of good clinical effect and safety.

Citation: JIANGLu-yun, LIUYang, XIEYan, XIEHui. Clinical Observation of Balloon Sinuplasty for the Treatment of Chronic Sphenoid Sinusitis. West China Medical Journal, 2014, 29(7): 1286-1289. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20140393 Copy

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