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)