Efficacy of balloon sinuplasty in treatment of frontal rhinosinusitis: A prospective study in sixty patients

Abstract

Balloon dilatation of sinus ostia (sinuplasty) was introduced in 2005 as a treatment for Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS).¹ It has been described as a 'transition space' tool for the ethmoidal infundibulum and frontal recess.¹ It can been used as a lone procedure or in combination with functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) as a "hybrid" technique. Balloon sinuplasty applies the Seldinger technique to cannulate and dilate stenosed or occluded sinus ostia re-establishing drainage pathways and ventilation.

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