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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 Maxillary Sinusotomy Healthy sinus drainage is moved along by tiny hair structures called cilia that beat constantly inside the nose. The cilia can do their job if the maxillary sinus openings are unobstructed and in the right place. Occasionally, however, these sinuses open incorrectly and new openings must be surgically created. This procedure, another example of Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS), is called a sinusotomy.
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