A new CT-scan based risk score facilitates the identification of patients at risk of revision endoscopic sinus surgery due to ...

A new CT-scan based risk score facilitates the identification of patients at risk of revision endoscopic sinus surgery due to chronic rhinosinusitis.

It usually involves a single sinus, most often the maxillary sinus. [19] Presentation is typically an incidental finding on the CT scan of the head or sinuses or dental x-rays, which shows ...

The existing Lund-Mackay scoring of CT scans, or the LM score for short, is based on inflammatory findings in the sinus mucosa, and on the obstruction of the maxillary sinus draining pathway.

[1] The osteomeatal complex contains the narrow channels that provide for mucociliary clearance and ventilation of the anterior ethmoid, maxillary, and frontal sinuses. Relatively minor swelling ...