Sinusitis and Surgery

Your doctor may recommend that you undergo sinus surgery if you have:

• Chronic sinusitis
• Frequently recurring sinusitis
• Little or no relief from treatments
• Developed complications of sinusitis
• Obstruction of the sinuses by nasal polyps
• Fungal sinusitis

Read more details about Surgery.

• Sinusitis and Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS)
• Sinusitis and Conventional Open Sinus Surgery

This operation is performed using an endoscope, a rigid tube with a light on one end. The tube is threaded into your nose and up into the sinus openings. Using this technique, your sinuses can be...

Read more about Sinusitis and Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS).

Conventional open sinus surgery is also used to enlarge the sinuses for better drainage. Infected sinus linings may be removed during this procedure. Now that FESS is such a successful method, this...

Read more about Sinusitis and Conventional Open Sinus Surgery.

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