Indications for sinus surgery
Indications for sinus surgery:
I Inflammatory disorders:
- Chronic sinusitis
- Acute sinusitis with complications
- Recurrent acute sinusitis
- Sinonasal polyposis (Hyperplastic sinusitis)
- Mucoceles
- Allergic fungal sinusitis
II Rhinological headaches which are resistant to medical management
III Orbital causes:
- Exophthalmos (severe)
- Nasolacrimal duct obstruction
IV Miscellaneous causes:
- CSF rhinorrhoea
- Severe epistaxis
- Choanal atresia / stenosis
V Neoplastic diseases:
- Benign tumors - (osteoma, hemangiopericytoma, JNA and pituitary tumors)
- Malignant tumors ( for biopsy and excision)