“Gauze Technique” in the Treatment of the Fungus Ball of the Maxillary Sinus: A Technique as Simple as It Is Effective

Table 1

Database.

Patient number	Sex	Age at surgery	Symptoms	Surgical Technique (gauze or no gauze)	Duration of surgery (min)	Nasal unpacking	Hospital days	Postop. events	Follow-up (months)	SNOT20
1	F	68	NC	No gauze	90	48 hours	5	—	105	5
2	F	45	NC/PD/CFP	No gauze	120	24 hours	3	—	98	3
3	F	38	NC/PD	No gauze	90	24 hours	2	—	98	3
4	F	34	PD/CFP	No gauze	180	24 hours	2	Epistaxis (after 5 days)	96	0
5	F	42	NC	Gauze	50	6 hours	4	—	57	4
6	F	57	NC/PD	Gauze	80	24 hours	5	—	53	0
7	M	59	NC/PD	Gauze	150	48 hours	5	—	53	0
8	F	83	NC/PD/CFP	Gauze	50	48 hours	3	—	51	3
9	M	68	NC	Gauze	110	24 hours	4	—	50	0
10	F	31	PD	No gauze	60	24 hours	4	—	48	4
11	F	50	CFP	Gauze	30	24 hours	3	—	48	9
12	F	24	NC/PD/CFP	Gauze (2 times)	80	24 hours	5	—	46	3
13	F	62	NC/PD/CFP	Gauze	60	24 hours	2	—	42	7
14	M	65	NC/CFP	Gauze	50	48 hours	3	—	42	3
15	F	46	NC/PD	Gauze	40	24 hours	3	—	38	35
16	M	61	NC/PD/CFP	Gauze	120	48 hours	3	—	38	5
17	M	48	NC/PD	Gauze	60	24 hours	3	—	35	2
18	F	76	NC/PD	Gauze	70	48 hours	4	—	30	1
19	M	54	NC	Gauze	90	24 hours	2	—	14	5
20	M	41	NC/PD	Gauze (2 times)	50	24 hours	2	—	24	6
21	M	44	NC/PD/CFP	No gauze	90	24 hours	3	—	98	3
22	M	66	NC/PD	Gauze	60	48 hours	4	Relapse (Caldwell-Luc)	31	4
23	M	73	NC/PD	Gauze	50	24 hours	3	—	31	2
24	F	29	NC/CFP	Gauze	120	48 hours	1	—	6	3
25	M	79	PD/CFP	Gauze	70	24 hours	1	—	6	0

: nasal congestion, PD: purulent discharge, and CFP: craniofacial pain.