Clinical Study

Role of Osteoplastic Frontal Sinus Obliteration in the Era of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

Table 2

The majority of salvage osteoplastic frontal sinus obliteration (OFSO) patients failed prior endoscopic frontal sinus surgery.

DiagnosisSalvage
OFSO
Hx of prior OFSOHx of prior ESSHx of prior lynch

Chronic frontal sinusitis163/16 (19%)11/16 (69%)2/16 (12%)
Frontal sinus mucocele32/3 (67%)1/3 (33%)0/3 (0%)
Combined inflamm frontal sinus disease195/19 (26%)12/19 (63%)2/19 (11%)

Hx: History; ESS: endoscopic sinus surgery; inflamm: inflammatory.