Endoscopic Management of Maxillary Antral Diseases

Supran Biswas, Md Mozibul Hoque Khan, Kyaw Khin U, Kamol Krishna Pramanik, Pranay Kumar Datta
2017 Journal of Chittagong Medical College Teachers Association  
: To see effectiveness of Endoscopies sinus surgery and it's complication for the management of maxillary antral diseases. Materials and methods : A cross sectional observational study conducted from August'2014 to February'2016 in Otolaryngology Department, Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Chittagong. Results : The age of majority of the patients range from 21-30 years. Male and female patients were equal in number (M.F=1.1). The presenting symptoms of the patients were nasal obstruction,
more » ... asal discharge, headache, post nasal space drip, smell disturbance, recurrent sore throat and epistaxis. Major indications were chronic maxillary sinusitis 14 (46.67%), antrochoanal polyp 9(30%). Minor complication occurred in 9(30%) cases which included synechiae 3(10%) epistaxis 3(10%) and periorbital echymosis 3 (10%). Conclusion : No serious complications like CSF leak, retro orbital hemorrhage, blindness were noted. JCMCTA 2017 ; 28 (1) : 27 - 31
doi:10.3329/jcmcta.v28i1.62383 fatcat:aj4brui6yfb2taaikorfpmz4z4