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Treatment OptionsSurgical Treatment OptionsAdenoidectomy | Endoscopic Sinus Surgery | Ethmoidectomy |Extended Endscopic Frontal Sinus Surgery | Frontal Sinusotomy | FESS (Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery) | Maxillary Sinusotomy | Open Frontal Sinus Surgery | Polypectomy | Reduction Removal of Inferior Turbinate | Reduction Removal of Middle Turbinate | Septoplasty | Sphenoidotomy | Tumor Removal Frontal Sinusotomy Sometimes, the frontal sinuses become obstructed because of chronic inflammation within the ethmoid sinuses. In this case, endoscopic removal of diseased ethmoid sinus tissue may solve the problem. But when frontal sinus inflammation is severe and chronic, or if surgery fails to correct the situation, your surgeon may advise you to undergo an endoscopic frontal sinusotomy. Using small endoscopes and angled instruments to provide a variety of views inside the sinuses, he or she will "look" up into the frontal sinuses from inside the nose and remove the bony partitions between the ethmoid and frontal sinuses. It may also be possible to clear disease from within the bottom part of the frontal sinus itself, which is as far as instruments can reach inside this sinus. Learn more about Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. Because of its delicate anatomy and relatively narrow opening, the frontal sinus is one of the more difficult sinuses to treat endoscopically. Surgery in this complicated region can be assisted with the use of an image-guided surgery system. In particularly complicated frontal sinus surgery, the surgeon may insert an endoscopic instrument through a small incision in the eyebrow to explore the frontal sinus from above. Because the opening into the frontal sinus is narrow at best, disease recurs more frequently in the frontal sinus than in any other. This is why long-term follow-up care is especially important after surgery involving the area around the frontal sinus. Symptoms of persistent disease may take a long time to redevelop. Your doctor will watch for signs of recurrence and may perform endoscopic cleaning in the office before you redevelop more widespread disease and renewed symptoms. Email This Article To A Friend Printer-friendly Version Find an ENT Professional Near You
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