About one out of every eight Americans fighting a cold has battled a not-so-nice side effect. It’s that sudden, painful feeling that your face is about to explode from added pressure. And forget about ...

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 ...

Nasal congestion, sinus pressure and pain, post-nasal drip, a reduced sense of smell or hearing, and recurring sinus infections. The symptoms of sinusitis sound awful just to read about, but each year ...

PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Endoscopic sinus surgery may be of help to some sinusitis patients, U.S. researchers suggest. Dr. Timothy Smith of Oregon Health & Science University and colleagues ...

Balloon sinuplasty, also known as balloon catheter dilation surgery, is a procedure to clear blocked sinuses. This surgery is relatively new, having been approved by the Food and Drug Administration ...

Interviewer: You're having sinus surgery and you're wondering how you prepare. We're going to talk about those issues next on The Scope. Announcer: Medical news and research from the University of ...

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 purpose of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics and treatment results of medial rectus muscle (MR) transection incurred during endoscopic sinus surgery. Nine patients had partial ...

A new and increasingly popular type of minimally invasive sinus surgery exposes patients to only "very low" doses of radiation during the procedure, a level considered to be safe, according to a new ...

A patient's mucus may predict the type of his or her chronic sinusitis, which could help doctors determine whether surgery or medical treatments can produce the best outcomes, according to a recently ...

The skull base (or cranial base) is the region where the nose and sinuses, with the rest of the head/neck, meet the brain. For patients with malignant tumors involving the nose, sinuses and skull base ...