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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / February 2007post sinus lift infection
hi i had a bilateral sinus life op 2 months ago. after the op my surgeon said it was the 'worst' he'd ever done ie the sinus membrane on one side was already perforated and was paper thin. he tried to repair this and put bone graft material underneath. i got a bad infection almost straight away, with post nasal drip and awful smell and taste and pain in cheekbone of that side. i'm now on 3rd course of antibiotics, erythromicin first, then amoxycillin for 10 days which seemed to work but 5 days after finishing symptoms are back as bad as ever. now on 2nd course of amoxycillin but they dont seem to be working at all.. does anyone have experience of my situation. wonder if i should give up the idea of implants altogether? thanks, maggie > hi > i had a bilateral sinus life op 2 months ago. after the op my surgeon [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > the idea of implants altogether? > thanks, maggie At this point you should concentrate on solving the infection. I'm hoping there was a culture and sensitivity test done. Some of these infections are resistant to the older antibiotics. I'm guessing most oral surgeons have a fair bit of experience treating these infections. If yours does not, he should get help from an ENT physician if necessary. Obviously the chances of the graft healing in an infected environment are not good. Steve thanks steven. there's been no culture taken yet. how is this usually done? there's not much discharge from my nose at all.am due to see my surgeon on wed. so will suggest it. maggie > > hi > > i had a bilateral sinus life op 2 months ago. after the op my surgeon [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Steve > thanks steven. there's been no culture taken yet. how is this usually > done? there's not much discharge from my nose at all.am due to see my > surgeon on wed. so will suggest it. maggie I'm honestly not sure. But I think it's time not to throw antibiotics in without a reasonable expectation one will work. Good luck, Steve >>>hi >>>i had a bilateral sinus life op 2 months ago. after the op my surgeon [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> >>Steve >hi >i had a bilateral sinus life op 2 months ago. after the op my surgeon [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >the idea of implants altogether? >thanks, maggie I'm not a dentist, but a patient scheduled for a sinus lift. Can you tell me what "kind" of sinus lift it was? Mine is to be a "lateral, crestal sinus lift", in the maxillary, for example. i'm not sure. it was a bilateral sinus lift but the type wasn't explained to me. good luck with yours! i think its quite rare to have the problems i'm having. maggie > >hi > >i had a bilateral sinus life op 2 months ago. after the op my surgeon [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Can you tell me what "kind" of sinus lift it was? Mine is to be a > "lateral, crestal sinus lift", in the maxillary, for example. >hi >i had a bilateral sinus life op 2 months ago. after the op my surgeon [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >the idea of implants altogether? >thanks, maggie Hi Maggie I am having a similar problem to yours. I recently had a sinus lift and almost as soon as I had the procedure I had the same symptoms as you are having. I had to recently be placed on IV antibiotics and I am still having major post nasal drip. Fevers and chills.And I still do not feel well. I was wondering if your problem has been resolved and if so what did they do? Thanks Peter |
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