The patient underwent left functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) to restore left maxillary sinus ventilation and drainage. Surgery performed consisted of left concha bullectomy, uncinectomy, ...

Finally, a study comparing surgical techniques for treating fungal maxillary sinusitis found that extended middle meatal antrostomy (MMA) was effective in preventing recurrence and minimizing ...

Bacterial growth on cultures obtained from the nose or nasopharynx, and growth on those obtained with sinus aspiration or open antrostomy ... on the condition of the maxillary and frontal sinuses.

Middle meatal antrostomy is created with a backbiting ... procedure to complete sphenoethmoidectomy (with opening of both maxillary and frontal sinuses). The channels for sinus ventilation and ...