Month: April 2011
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Antrochonal Polyp (ACP)-Removal by Surgery
Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrm. Removal by combined approach-Caldwel Luc and FESS Fess and Caldwel Luc Approach Antrochoanal polyps (ACP) are non allergic benign polyp, which arises from the maxillary sinus, go through its ostium and extends all the way to the ipsilateral choana. The patient usually presents with unilateral nasal obstruction. Other symptoms like mucopurulent rhinorrhea,…
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CSF Leak from the Nose-Treatment
CSF Rhinorrhea and Closure by FESS Approach. A cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea (CSF leak) occurs when there is a fistula between the dura and the skull base and discharge of CSF from the nose. CSF rhinorrhea commonly occurs following head trauma (fronto-basal skull fractures), as a result of intracranial surgery, or destruction lesions. A spinal fluid…
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Fracture Nasal Bone-Treatment-Closed Reduction
Jubilee Hospital. Trivandrum. Fractures of the Nasal bone fractures are among the most common facial bone fractures- comprise up to 50% of all facial fractures. Most nasal fractures are diagnosed by history and physical examination. History usually includes a preexisting trauma, which may be followed by epistaxis. Typically, the epistaxis has resolved by the time…