Treatment of frontal sinusitis and cyst using a T-shaped bile duct tube

Hiroyuki Ozawa, Toshiki Tomita, Takamasa Tagawa, Kouji Sakamoto, Kaoru Ogawa, Ma-sato Fujii
2006 JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY FOR HEAD AND NECK SURGERY  
We placed T-shaped bile duct tubes (T-tubes) in the naso-frontal ducts of three patients with recurrent frontal cysts or sinusitis resulting from drainage by the extranasal approach. The first patient developed recurrent frontal sinusitis after anterior skull base resection for ethmoidal squamous cell carcinoma. The second patient had undergone 5 operations for a recurrent frontal cyst. The third patient experienced relapse of a frontal sinus cyst 40 years after initial surgery. A T-tube was
doi:10.5106/jjshns.16.155 fatcat:hutwqjm2czfnxj5yxivbznnjzq