Iatrogenic complications of nasal sinuses surgery
Peytral, C.; Senechaut, J.P.; Hazan, A.; Senechal, G.
Annales d'Oto-Laryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico Faciale Bulletin de la Societe d'Oto-Laryngologie des Hopitaux de Paris 105(5): 373-376
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-438X PMID: 3178089 Document Number: 319232
In order to illustrate the necessity of obtaining informed consent before any form of nasal sinus surgery, the authors present 23 cases of insurance claims filed between 1976 and 1986 in private practice. Ten serious complications (6 cases of blindness, 4 fractures of the anterior cranial (fossa) and eight cases of oculomotor nerve paralysis are reported. The legal proceedings demonstrate the real risks of radical surgery to the sinuses, as well as intranasal ethmoidectomy and rhinoplasties.