Changes in the maxillary sinus wall after the Caldwell-Luc intervention. An experimental study

Melgarejo Moreno, P.J.; Hellín Meseguer, D.; Alpay, F.

Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola 48(4): 275-278

1997


ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6519
PMID: 9376137
Document Number: 478449
Inferior nasoantral windows, with and without radical surgical removal of the maxillary sinus mucosa, were studied in ten New Zealand white rabbits. Surgical removal of the mucosa and the Caldwell-Luc operation were performed. After three months, the sinus cavity was smaller, the medial wall was retracted and the inner curtain was disturbed, and small antrostomies had closed.

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