Sinus surgery treats various problems affecting the series of cavities around your nasal passages called the sinuses. There are different types, but the most common is functional endoscopic surgery.

Through-cutting sinus forceps can be used to rapidly and precisely incise and excise aryepiglottic folds of neonates with laryngomalacia. This technique may have technical advantages over the use of ...

Charlotte Yarbrough couldn’t stand it anymore. She hadn’t retired to Las Vegas for sleepless nights, headaches, trouble breathing, a reduced sense of smell and taste, facial pain, sneezing or a ...

Endoscopic sinus surgery can significantly relieve symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis -- inflammation of the sinus cavities -- according to researchers who conducted the first large-scale analysis of ...

1. Which specialist should be consulted for symptoms of chronic sinusitis and for undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery? Sinus infections are treated by an ear nose throat (ENT) specialist, otherwise ...

Jan. 2 -- FRIDAY, Jan. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Three-quarters of patients undergoing surgery for stubborn sinusitis saw significant improvements in their quality of life, new research shows. Most of the ...

Upwards of 76 percent of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis experienced significant quality of life improvements after undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery, according to new research. Upwards of 76 ...

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 ...

The goal of endoscopic sinus surgery is to improve the drainage of the sinuses and prevent mucus from building up in these chambers. When secretions accumulate in a blocked off sinus, they may become ...