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[4] [5] She developed the Lund-Mackay score that can be used to assess extent of rhinosinusitis on endoscopy, imaging and surgery which is used internationally. [6] She has been a co-chair of the European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps (EPOS2005-2020), Editor of 'Rhinology' (1999-2014) and general secretary of European ...
For all participants, computed tomographs (CTs) of the nasal sinuses had been recorded that confirmed the diagnosis and documented the course of the disease, especially by means of a CT score (Lund-Mackay score). Prior to the beginning of the treatment, this scope averaged approximately 9 points in both groups.
Sinusitis (or rhinosinusitis) is defined as an inflammation of the mucous membrane that lines the paranasal sinuses and is classified chronologically into several categories: [63] Acute sinusitis – A new infection that may last up to four weeks and can be subdivided symptomatically into severe and nonsevere. Some use definitions up to 12 weeks.
On Friday, the China National Medical Products Administration approved GSK plc (NYSE:GSK) Nucala (mepolizumab) as an add-on therapy with intranasal corticosteroids for adult patients with chronic ...
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Aerosinusitis, also called barosinusitis, sinus squeeze or sinus barotrauma is a painful inflammation and sometimes bleeding of the membrane of the paranasal sinus cavities, normally the frontal sinus.
Sinus disease often occurs in conjunction with, and in other instances may contribute to the development of nasolacrimal duct obstruction. Patients should be asked about previous sinus surgery, as the nasolacrimal duct is sometimes damaged when the maxillary sinus ostium is being enlarged anteriorly.
Silent sinus syndrome is a subtype of stage three chronic maxillary atelectasis. The distinguishing factor is that in silent sinus syndrome, there is an absence of sinusitis symptoms. [3] [4] [5] To be clear, chronic maxillary sinusitis may be a primary causitive factor in a significant number of silent sinus syndrome cases, it just may be ...