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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2020

High Variability of Postsurgical Anatomy Supports the Need for Individualized Drug-Eluting Implants to Treat Chronic Rhinosinusitis.

Ziwen Gao, Farnaz Matin, Constantin Weber, Samuel John, Thomas Lenarz, Verena Scheper

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ziwen GaoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Lower Saxony Center for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE), Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9565-8838
Farnaz MatinDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Lower Saxony Center for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE), Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Constantin WeberDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Lower Saxony Center for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE), Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Samuel JohnHörSys GmbH, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Thomas LenarzDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Lower Saxony Center for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE), Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Verena ScheperDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Lower Saxony Center for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE), Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8618-8793
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

Funding

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) project, RESPONSE 03ZZ0928 -L
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a common disease in the general population that is increasing in incidence and prevalence, severely affecting patients' quality of life. Medical treatment for CRS includes self-management techniques, topical and oral medical treatments, and functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). FESS is a standard procedure to restore sinus ventilation and drainage by physically enlarging the inflamed sinus passageways. Nasal drug-releasing stents are implanted to keep the surgically expanded aperture to the sinus frontalis open. The outcome of such an intervention is highly variable. We defined the anatomical structures which should be removed, along with 'no-go areas' which need to be preserved during FESS. Based on these definitions, we used cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images to measure the dimensions of the frontal neo-ostium in 22 patients. We demonstrate anatomical variability in the volume and diameter of the frontal sinus recess after surgery. This variability could be the cause of therapy failure of drug-eluting implants after FESS in some patients. Implants individually made to fit a given patient's postsurgical anatomy may improve the therapeutic outcome.

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drug deliveryendoscopic sinus surgeryindividualized frontal neo-ostium implantnasal implantsinus anatomy

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PMID33348668
PMCPMC7766873
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