ArticleWorld journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery2024
Endoscopic maxillary sinus drainage combined with buccal fat pad flaps for repairing large oroantral fistulas in patients with odontogenic maxillary sinusitis.
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- Endoscopic maxillary sinus drainage combined with buccal fat pad flaps for repairing large oroantral fistulas in patients with odontogenic maxillary sinusitis.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2024Article
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Background: Oroantral fistula (OAF) is a pathological channel formed between the oral cavity and the maxillary sinus. A large size of OAF (≥5 mm) increases the risk of surgical failure, and an optimal surgical approach should be cautiously selected. Objective: This study aims to characterize the application of nasal endoscopy and buccal fat pad (BFP) flaps to repair large OAFs in patients with odontogenic maxillary sinusitis (OMS). Methods: A total of 32 patients with large OAF combined with OMS after dental extraction who were treated in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nanjing Renpin ENT Hospital from 2018 to 2022, were retrospectively recruited. A thorough preoperative evaluation was performed and all patients were first treated with nasal endoscopy, followed by the repair of OAFs using BFP flaps under general anesthesia. The cure rate and postoperative pain score were used as outcome indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of the procedure. Results: All patients completed a 12-month follow-up. The results showed that OFAs were cured in 25 (32 in total, 78.1%) patients by the second postoperative week. OFAs were healed in all patients at week 8 postoperatively. OMS was healed in 25 (32 in total, 78.1%) patients at the first postoperative week and all patients were healed by the disappearance of symptoms associated with OMS at week 8 postoperatively. At the second postoperative week, complete relief of pain symptoms was obtained in 18 (32 in total, 56.3%) patients (visual analog scale = 0 score), in 25 (32 in total, 78.1%) patients at the fourth postoperative week, and by the eighth postoperative week, all patients had complete resolution of pain symptoms. Conclusions: Secondary maxillary sinusitis is not a contraindication to the treatment of large OAFs. Large OAFs can be effectively closed using BFP flaps combined with endoscopic maxillary sinus drainage.
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