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Endoscopic Management Of Frontal Sinus Osteomas Revisited, K Seiberling, S Floreani, S Robinson, Peter-John Wormald
Endoscopic Management Of Frontal Sinus Osteomas Revisited, K Seiberling, S Floreani, S Robinson, Peter-John Wormald
Peter-John Wormald
Background: recent articles have published guidelines regarding the role of endoscopic surgery in the removal of frontal sinus osteomas. These guidelines recommend the endoscopic approach for small ostoemas but recommend an osteoplastic flap for larger tumors. This study presents a series of endoscopically resected tumors both large and small. Methods: retrospective chart reviews were performed. Charts were reviewed of all patients who underwent surgical resection of a frontal sinus osteoma from 1998 to 2008. Sinus CT scans were reviewed and each tumor was staged according to Kennedy's grading system proposed in 2005. Results: Twenty-three patients, 8 with a grade IV …