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Indications, Technique, and Review of 226 Patients

Janet S. Mertz, MD; Bruce W. Pearson, MD; Eugene B. Kern, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1983;109(4):235-239.

Abstract
• Lateral rhinotomy provides excellent exposure of the interior of the nose, the paranasal sinuses, and the nasopharynx with minimal postoperative deformity. A review of 226 lateral rhinotomies performed at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, from 1970 through 1979, was made to determine the versatility of this incision and some of its limitations and risks. The suitability of this technique to approach the wide variety of pathologic conditions that occur in the midfacial structures was reaffirmed.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1983;109:235-239)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 18, 1982.

Read before the 26th annual meeting of the American Rhinologic Society, Anaheim, Calif, Sept 27, 1980.

Reprint requests to Section of Publications, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905 (Dr Mertz).

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