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)