Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Benefits of surgery
- Reduction in frequency, severity, and intensity of sinus infections.
- Makes future sinus infections easier to treat
- Improvement in ability to breathe through the nose.
- Decreased frequency, severity, and duration of sinus pain, pressure, and headaches
Limitations of surgery
- Surgery my not completely cure all sinus symptoms, and some patients may need continued medical or allergy therapy to keep symptoms under control. A very small percentage of patients get little/no relief from sinus surgery.
- Although usually successful, surgery done on smokers is generally associated with slightly less successful outcomes than non-smokers. Therefore, surgical candidates are encouraged, but not required, to stop smoking two months prior to and two months after the surgical intervention.
- A small percentage of patients, 5% or less, may need more than one surgery to achieve the desired result.
Risks of surgical intervention
The risk of endoscopic sinus surgery is very low, but no surgery is completely risk-free.
The risks of endoscopic sinus surgery include, but are not limited to the following:
- Anesthesia risk. Extremely rare, but we recommend you address any questions to the anesthesia team when you meet them on the day of surgery.
- Risk of postoperative bleeding requiring nasal packing and/or surgery to control the bleeding.
- Postoperative pain or headache.
- Risk of permanent injury to the eye, including visual disturbance or blindness.
- Risk of spinal fluid leak requiring surgical repair, and the associated risk of meningitis, brain abscess, or brain injury, and death.
- Risk of change in, or loss of, sense of smell, either temporary or permanent.
- Risk of scar formation requiring further surgery.
- Risk of nasal septal perforation ( a hold in the bone in the center of the nasal cavity).
- Risk of slight change in voice.
Alternatives to surgery.
- Continued efforts and non-surgical management of the sinus symptoms.
- Obtain a second opinion regarding treatment options.
Acknowledgment
Your doctor thinks you’re a good candidate for endoscopic sinus surgery, but you as a patient need to be comfortable with the decision to proceed. This is a non-life threatening problem, and there’s no rush to operate. Please do not hesitate to clear up any reservations you or your family may have before we proceed with surgery.
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Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy
Coblation Tonsillectomy
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Balloon Sinuplasty
Myringotomy & Tube Placement
Septoplasty & Turbinectomy
Laryngoscopy & Biopsy
Allergy Testing
Hearing Aids
Laser Skin Rejuventation
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