The modified endoscopic Lothrop procedure in the treatment of complicated chronic frontal sinusitis

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-220

  Wormald, P J ^a   Ananda, A ^b   Nair, S ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic frontal sinusitis; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Frontal headache; Osteoplastic flap

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS; ARTICLE; BONE CELL; BONE REMODELING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; ENCEPHALOCELE; EROSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL BONE; FRONTAL SINUS; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MODIFIED ENDOSCOPIC LOTHROP PROCEDURE; MUCOCELE; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT; ORBIT INFECTION; ORBIT TUMOR; PAIN; PERIOSTEUM; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTENOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUSITIS; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037532999     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00692.x     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. JONES R., VIOLARIS N., CHAVDA S. et al. (1995) Intracranial complications of sinusitis: the need for aggressive management. J. Laryngol. Otol. 109, 1061-1062
2. MORTIMORE S. & WORMALD P. (1999) Management of acute complicated sinusitis: a 5-year review. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 121, 639-42
3. GROSS C., GROSS W. & BECKER D. (1995) Modified transnasal endoscopic Lothrop procedure: frontal drillout. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 6, 193-200
4. GROSS W., GROSS C., BECKER D. et al. (1995) Modified transnasal endoscopic Lothrop procedure as an alternative to frontal sinus obliteration. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 113, 427-434
5. WORMALD P. & MCDONOGH M. (1997) The 'bath-plug' technique for the endoscopic management of cerebrospinal fluid leaks: a new technique. J. Laryngol. Otol. 111, 1042-1046
6. LUND V. (1998) Endoscopic managment of paranasal sinus mucocoeles. J. Laryngol. Otol. 112, 36-40
7. CATALANO P., LAWSON W., SOM P. et al. (1991) Radiographic evaluation and diagnosis of the failed frontal osteoplastic flap with fat obliteration. Otolaryngol. Head Neck Surg. 104, 225-234
8. WEBER R., DRAF W., KAHLE G. et al. (1999) Obliteration of the frontal sinus - state of the art and reflections on new materials. Rhinology 37, 1-15
9. WEBER R., DRAF W., KEERL R. et al. (2000) Osteoplastic frontal sinus surgery with fat Obliteration: technique and long-term results using magnetic resonance imaging in 82 operations. Laryngoscope 110, 1037-1044
10. JAVER A., SILLERS M. & KUHN F. (2001) The frontal sinus unobliteration procedure. Otolaryngol. Clin. N. Am. 34, 193-209
11. ULUALP S., CARLSON T. & TOOHILL R. (2000) Osteoplastic flap versus modified endoscopic Lothrop procedure in patients with frontal sinus disease. Am. J. Rhinol. 14, 21-26
12. LOTHROP H. (1914) Frontal sinus suppuration. Ann. Surg. 50, 937-957
13. SHARP H., SPRAGGS P. & MACKAY I. (1997) Combined approach intranasal endoscopic and external Lothrop procedure in chronic frontal sinus disease. J. Laryngol. Otol. 111, 635-637
14. WEBER R., DRAF W., KRATZSCH B. et al. (2001) Modern concepts of frontal sinus surgery. Laryngoscope 111, 137-146