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Most sinus surgery today is preformed endoscopically. This involves using tiny telescopes to look up into the nose and into the sinus cavities. These small telescopes along with small microsurgical instruments can be used to actually open and go into the sinus cavities and clean the sinuses out.
Puss, polyps, and the like can be removed and sent to pathology for examination. This type of sinus surgery is usually reserved for cases that do not respond to conventional methods of treatment with antibiotics or allergy treatment.
The advantages of this type of surgery is that it enables the surgeon to look directly into the sinus passageways and remove any abnormal findings as well and to correct any bony or anatomical abnormalities.
This type of surgery causes little pain to the patient after the procedure, and there are no incisions or black or blue marks on the face or eyes.
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