THE PARANASAL SINUSES

Authors: SAMUEL SALINGER

Publish Date: 1943/10/01

Volume: 38, Issue: 4, Pages: 373-396

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Abstract

SURGICAL THERAPY  Bowers84 offers a number of observations on the general problem of sinusitis and its treatment in an attempt to evaluate and reconcile conflicting statements and opinions He feels that divergence of opinion as reflected in the literature may be ascribed to 1 differences in climate which are responsible for different types of infection 2 the type of practice institutional clinical or private 3 the reputation of the author and 4 the authors criteria of diagnosis and indications for operation Bowers expresses the opinion that the CaldwellLuc operation is necessary when constitutional symptoms are present especially with reference to the tracheobronchial tree and the roentgenographic and local evidence points to chronic involvement of the sinuses In such cases he advises complete removal of every vestige of the mucosa since it is impossible to determine the extent of involvement or the presence of infection by mere

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