The inflammation of the sinus cavities in the bones around the nose and sinusitis, which is called in air is one of the most common health issues in society. The most important functions of the sinuses of the nose of the moisture in the air, which provides respiratory mucus (slime) is releasing. The sinuses produce mucus and blockage of the narrow channels they poured into the nose or mucus in the nose for a variety of reasons, carrying the result of a disruption of the function of a chair system in the mucus that accumulates in the sinuses causes sinusitis is the most common to the growth of bacteria.
Nasal congestion, nasal and postnasal drip, headache, facial fullness, olfactory disorders, causing symptoms like cough, sinus infection is diagnosed early, usually can be treated with medication.
The medication that is used with the appropriate content and duration have failed to respond to situations where it is known as chronic sinusitis treatment and surgical options come to the fore.
How Sinusitis Surgery Is Performed?
Today, the preferred method for the treatment of chronic sinus infection functional endoscopic sinus surgery (ESC).
Without an incision on the outside of the nostrils called thin endoscope camera systems applied by entering this technique except for chronic inflammation, polyps, sinus tumors, cerebral spinal fluid leaks, lacrimal duct obstruction, with success in the treatment of many diseases, such as tumors of the pituitary gland is applied.
Besides the fact that complex anatomy of the sinuses is the narrow region of the brain, the eyes, the optic nerve, lacrimal ducts, the presence of major organ such as the carotid artery types of training and experience in endoscopic sinus surgery, as well as low requires high technical skills with a margin of error.
Sinusitis can recur after surgery?
Applied with the goal of endoscopic sinus surgery due to chronic inflammation, clogged sinus discharge and the opening of the channels is expanded in the appropriate manner. Ethmoid sinuses are located between the eyes and very small, which consists of two chambers diseases, these chambers into the sinus cavity when I get one large bone, the cheek bone and the sphenoid bone in the inner part of the head of diseases of the sinuses contained within a large, clogged sinuses is being extended opening and discharge channels at the same time, the sinuses, cysts, polyps pathologies such as these are cleaned. During the surgery, the lining in the sinuses, sinus mucosa as much as possible to protect it is very important for functions return to normal after surgery.
Surgery of the sinuses, sinusitis again because they are not able to be eliminated over time can develop for various reasons, but as with the wide open sinus sinus surgery performed with the proper techniques, the blockage of the ejaculatory ducts during infection, swelling and irritation, nasal polyposis, some impairment of the transfer function except in special circumstances, such as mucus, usually the result of inflammation, but can be improved with medical treatment.
Endoscopic sinus surgery and post
Endoscopic sinus surgery in the comfort of the patient and the surgeon often, in terms of general anesthesia is preferred.
The duration of surgery and pathology prevalence of the degree of Correction of the curvature of the nose to be done in the same surgery, nose surgery, nose meat, reducing it depends whether or not the correction of anatomical variations such as additional interventions. Interfere with a single sinus lasts for approximately 15 minutes, while all sinuses between the two sides intervention is required in cases where the duration of the surgery is around two hours.
With some exceptions not are placed into the buffer after nasal sinus surgery, and patients are able to breathe through the nose after surgery.
After the surgery, does not complain of pain, serious, simple pain killers is usually sufficient. On the day of surgery, patients are recommended to stay in the hospital though, according to the content of the operation it may be possible to discharge on the same day.
3-4 times a checkup after surgery and dressings are required. Control the long-term success of the surgery and dressings to be done in terms of timely and carefully is very important.
The surgery is difficult and there are situations that increase the likelihood of failure?
Proper equipment and proper surgical techniques are used when the ESC clean and the risk of complication is extremely low is a surgery that is done under Vision. However, medication use blood thinners, clotting disorder, which for various reasons such as excessive bleeding during surgery, vascular tumors, sinus Anatomy have changed due to previous surgery or trauma that is, congenital structural anatomical changes, intense surgery polyp formation and spreading to surrounding tissues, such as tumors that are difficult in some cases by making failure / complications may increase the likelihood of. In these special cases, computer assisted surgery technology is extremely critical benefits.
The risks of surgery are there?
During or after ESC, although rare, complications can occur. Normal sinus Anatomy is corrupt due to various reasons especially the complications that can occur in cases where the most serious ones; nosebleeds, bleeding within the eye sockets, the carotid artery (carotid) damage, backward displacement of the eye, eye movement disorder, Naso-lacrimal duct (tear duct) injury and cerebral spinal fluid leak.
Computer-Assisted Sinus Surgery (Surgical Navigation) What Is It?
A special device and software tools that are used during sinus surgery with the help of their position in the anatomy of the sinus on CT images taken before surgery, in real time, the technology that allows you to be tracked in three dimensions. Endoscopic sinus surgery that allows your sinuses to be made in every case of this technology safely in all diseased areas by providing easy access to significantly increases the chances of success of the operation, especially the risk of complications is relatively more in special cases, this risk is eliminated almost completely.
What Is Balloon Synoplasty?
Balloon synoplasty large sinuses blocked or narrowed discharge channels functions without removing any tissue with the expansion of the balloon with the help of cutting to ensure that.
Balloon synoplasty stages: 1. A guide wire is passed through the cannula into the canal with a zoomed clogged sinus sinus is reached, 2. the sinus balloon is advanced over a guide Channel 3 channel expanded by inflating the catheter is removed from the nose of the equipment and
What Are The Advantages Of Balloon Synoplasty?
- It is an effective method. The balloon is expanded with drainage channels remain open for a long time
- This is a safe method: a serious complication in surgery until this day was observed.
- Minimally invasive*: technique, small, soft, elastic, equipment used, gently opening the sinus drainage channels with minimal tissue trauma by providing indoor reached the conclusion.
- The amount of bleeding is small: in some cases, since it is not bleeding tissue removal required is very less.
- Fast healing: most patients can return to normal life within 24 hours.
- Does not interfere with other treatments that can be done in this area in the future. Or sequentially with other surgeries can be applied.
Sinusitis is a solution for all balloon technique?
Balloon synoplasty the place of sinusitis surgery is not a technique, but a private helper technology. This technique due to the characteristics of the already existing equipment, only the cheek, sphenoid (most backlinks in the head) is used to sinus and the sinus.