INVITED EDITORIAL

Year : 2015 I Volume : 09 I Issue: II I Page: 6-8

A TAILOR MADE APPROACH TO ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY FOR

CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS
*Dipak Ranjan Nayak
Professor, Department of ENT-HNS, Kasturba Medical College,Manipal University,Manipal

Address of Correspondence:
Prof. Deepak Ranjan Nayak
Professor, Department of ENT-HNS, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University,Manipal, Karnatak.

DOI- 10.21176/ ojolhns.0974-5262.2015.09.2

ABSTRACT
Chronic sinusitis is a major health hazard that affects the quality of life of an individual significantly. A
comprehensive medical and surgical management is required to treat such cases. Various surgical options are now
available to manage such cases that include FESS, FENS, MIST, MISS and balloon assisted sinuplasty etc. The
author proposes a tailor made approach to tackle such problems based on the extent of disease, past surgical
treatment, associated local and systemic factors. The tailor made surgery ranges from a minimally invasive
approach to a complete fronto-maxillo-spheno-ethmoidectomy with uncinate preservation as required.
Key words: Ultra conservative Endoscopic sinus surgery, Chronic sinusitis, Tailor made approach.