Endoscopic Sinus Surgery for the Management of Orbital Diseases

Vol. 70, No. 2, 2008

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Endoscopic Sinus Surgery for the Management of Orbital Diseases
Kai-Li Liang^{a, c}, Mao-Chang Su^{b, c}, Jiun-Yi Shiao^a, Chung-Han Hsin^{b, c}, Rong-San Jiang^{a, c}

^aDepartment of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, and Departments of
^bOtolaryngology and
^cMedicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

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ORL 2008;70:134-140 (DOI: 10.1159/000114538)

Key Words

Endoscopic sinus surgery
Graves' disease
Orbital blowout fracture
Orbital complications
Orbital disease
Rhinosinusitis
Traumatic optic neuropathy

Abstract

The indications for endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) have been widely expanding since its introduction into sinus surgery. ESS has become an ideal method to manage certain orbital diseases and has the advantages of excellent visualization with minimal cosmetic and functional morbidity. In the Department of Otolaryngology of Taichung Veterans General Hospital from 1988 to 2005, 3,136 patients received ESS. Among them, a total of 108 patients received ESS for orbital diseases. These orbital diseases included orbital complications secondary to bacterial rhinosinusitis, fungal rhinosinusitis, skull base osteomyelitis and mucoceles, subperiosteal hematoma, Graves' disease, traumatic optic neuropathy and orbital blowout fracture. Our results showed that ESS is effective in the management of some of these orbital diseases.

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Dr. Rong-San Jiang
Department of Otolaryngology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
160, Section 3, Chung-Kang Road
Taichung 40705, Taiwan (ROC)
Tel. +886 4 2359 2525, ext. 5401, Fax +886 4 2359 6868, E-Mail rsjiang@vghtc.gov.tw

Article Information

Published online: April 15, 2008
Number of Print Pages : 7
Number of Figures : 3, Number of Tables : 3, Number of References : 27

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