慢性副鼻腔炎に対する凍結治療の試み (服部浩教授開講10周年記念論文集)

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The traditional radical operation for chronic sinusitis had occasionally a complication of post-operative maxillary cysts, and various methods to avoid this problem have been tried recently. Since 1975, 12 patients with chronic sinusitis have been treated at the Cryosurgical Clinic of Kobe University Hospital. The cryosurgical unit was devised to freeze the abnormal mucous membrane of the maxillary sinus. At first a small hole was made at the lateral wall of the meatus nasi inferior or the fossa canina, and next a special probe was inserted through this hole to freeze the maxillary sinus with liquid nitrogen. Before and after the treatment, we evaluated the effectiveness using morphological and functional tests. In nine cases, the treatment was evaluated to have been effective. These results suggest the usefulness of cryosurgery for chronic sinusitis. This is a preliminary report of our study.
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