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Endonasal endoscopic marsupialization of paranasal sinus mucoceles.

Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
American Journal of Rhinology (impact factor: 1.36). 14(2):107-11. pp.107-11
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ABSTRACT Paranasal sinus mucoceles are relatively common in Japan, especially after prior Caldwell-Luc surgery. Recently developed endonasal endoscopic approaches were used for the drainage and marsupialization of mucoceles. We present the surgical treatment of 97 patients with mucoceles, including 68 maxillary, 13 ethmoid, nine frontal, seven sphenoid, eight frontoethmoid, and one sphenoethmoid sinuses. Six patients with maxillary mucoceles were operated via a sublabial incision. For frontal mucoceles, four patients were treated by a combined external and endonasal endoscopic approach. The other mucoceles underwent complete marsupialization under endonasal endoscopic control. There were no intraoperative or postoperative complications. No evidence of recurrence was observed in any patients during follow-up periods ranging from 36 to 84 months.

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Keywords

13 ethmoid
 
68 maxillary
 
84 months
 
97 patients
 
combined external
 
complete marsupialization
 
endonasal endoscopic approach
 
endonasal endoscopic approaches
 
endonasal endoscopic control
 
frontal
 
frontal mucoceles
 
frontoethmoid
 
intraoperative
 
marsupialization
 
maxillary mucoceles
 
mucoceles
 
Paranasal sinus mucoceles
 
patients
 
sphenoethmoid sinuses
 
surgical treatment
 

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