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BERT E. HEMPSTEAD, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1927;6(5):426-433.

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Surgical treatment for chronic maxillary sinusitis may be either radical or conservative; definite and rigid rules cannot be laid down, for treatment must suit the individual case. There are cases in which only a radical operation will suffice, but usually conservative measures will restore the antrum to a normal state. It is generally agreed that if the antrum is filled with polyps, it must be attacked radically; but one is often astonished at the resolution which takes place after thorough drainage and ventilation have been established by conservative measures. The mucosa of the antrum has great ability to repair, and the sinus equipped with ciliated columnar epithelium is better able to perform the normal function than one lined with stratified squamous epithelium. An endeavor should be made to accomplish the maximum of restoration with the minimum of destruction.

Many authors hold that all surgical treatment should be radical, but . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ROCHESTER, MINN.

From the Section on Otolaryngology and Rhinology, Mayo Clinic.

Footnotes
Read before the Section on Laryngology, Otology and Rhinology, at the Seventy-Eighth Annual Session of the American Medical Association, Washington, D. C., May, 1927.

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