Assisted by scrub nurse Judy Curtis, Dr. Ralph Metson of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary performs sinus surgery on Nancy Butler with the aid of a miniature camera that shows the patient's sinus ...

In 1978, Messerklinger [2] documented the first systematic and detailed description of endoscopic findings of the sino-nasal cavity. The work of these investigators consisted of detailed endoscopic ...

The goal of endoscopic sinus surgery is to improve the drainage of the sinuses and prevent mucus from building up in these chambers. When secretions accumulate in a blocked off sinus, they may become ...

Through-cutting sinus forceps can be used to rapidly and precisely incise and excise aryepiglottic folds of neonates with laryngomalacia. This technique may have technical advantages over the use of ...

Up to 76 percent of patients with chronic rhionsinusitis reported improved quality of life following endoscopic surgery. Prior to surgery, adults with chronic rhinosinusitis typically have lower ...

Charlotte Yarbrough couldn’t stand it anymore. She hadn’t retired to Las Vegas for sleepless nights, headaches, trouble breathing, a reduced sense of smell and taste, facial pain, sneezing or a ...

Surgeon Ralph Metson stares at a big video screen that shows, with amazing clarity, the inside of Nancy Butler's nasal passages. A weird glow lights up her nose and cheek from within. It comes from ...

Sinus surgery treats various problems affecting the series of cavities around your nasal passages called the sinuses. There are different types, but the most common is functional endoscopic surgery.

PORTLAND, Ore.-- Adults with chronic rhinosinusitis —a debilitating inflammation of the nasal passages that lasts for months and keeps coming back — report significantly improved quality of life ...