The Infra-Bullar Groove: Assessing a Novel Surgical Landmark for Identifying the Natural Maxillary Ostium.

Jameel Ghantous, Ayalon Hadar, Itay Chen, Chanan Shaul, Boaz Forer

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Jameel GhantousDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91031, Israel.ORCID 0009-0001-7297-2402

Ayalon HadarDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91031, Israel.ORCID 0009-0002-7495-0220

Itay ChenDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91031, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-4998-1773

Chanan ShaulDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91031, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-7064-0781

Boaz ForerDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91031, Israel.

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Abstract

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is the gold-standard surgical treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) not responding to appropriate medical therapy. Identifying the natural maxillary ostium (NMO) during FESS is often challenging due to the lack of definitive landmarks. To aid in the identification of the NMO, we describe and assess the feasibility of using a new surgical landmark, the infra-bullar groove (IBG), and evaluate its visibility and reproducibility during FESS.

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chronic sinusitisfunctional endoscopic sinus surgerynatural maxillary ostiumparanasal sinusessurgical landmark

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PMID41900993

DOI10.3390/life16030475

PMCPMC13028236

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