I know lot of peoples with chronic sinus ( if you mean chronic sinus =
sinus problem that never goes away ) . they only thing they do is use
hankerchief and keep cleaning there nose .. and believe me peoples with
chronic sinus infection lived 80 years and more without even surgery or
medicines  and some i know are of 90 years are still alive ...
according to peoples thinking here medicines/surgery  are harmful  and
life threatning but polyps/sinus infecations are not ... so they prefer
to live with it ............
On the other doctors i consult told me they do sinus surgery( if you
mean removing polyps from sinuses ) they can do it from nussle route.
and surgery will be done by partial anesthia . that is  you will be
alive and know whats happening during your surgery .

Amazing thing is when i consulted 3 ENT surgens all of them recommended
me surgery for my left nasal polyps .  they dont even want to give
medicines ( may be they will make $$$$ thats y ) ..

on the other hand i know some peoples with chronic sinus get cured
with homeopathic medicines (  keep two things in mind these peoples i
am talking about never gone through CTSCAN .. and  there is always a
white colored material comes out from there nose . so after using 3-4
months of homeopathic medicines they r fine now . and never need
medicines from 5-7 years .......
so you can try homeopathy too . i know thousands of peoples in my city
use and millions in india .. and its not life threatning like
allopathic medicines or antibiotics even though its not recommended by
FDA  . Indian govt have approved " aayurveda > art of treating  dieases
by changing diet habits or  medicienes made from natural substances . >
homeopathy :  acids or natural substances at very low dosage " so you
can try that too . """" last time some peoples told me that in  this
group or anywhere in america peoples will listen licenced practiciner .
so i am wondering why i get millions of result when i type "
homeopathy" . why donot govt ban it and why there are millions of
peoples still practicing homeopathy worlwide.... " i am not favouring
anything but still wanna tell that there are lot of greedy doctors in
world who will recommend you surgery even if possibility of cure with
medicines exists .. GOOD LUCK

Ok and how do you feel about the surgeries? Did they help? Would you do
all 3 again? Do you breath well? Do you get sinus infections? Let us
know

Thanks for the link Don, that is a very interesting 'tour' of the sinusis
and the methods of surgery.

...Allen

Dr. Grossan was just doing sloppy writing.
Sure, you can view the entire nasopharynx, and even push the endoscope
down your throat to view the larynx.
It's much harder to view the sinus cavities because the ducts leading
into the sinuses are so small (typically 2 mm wide).  Endoscopic viewing
of the sinus cavities is much easier after surgery has widened out those
sinus ducts.

Every endoscopic examination I have had is listed on my medical bill as
a separate (and costly) item from the consultation with the ENT.

Yes, mine have always been charged as surgery.  Seems like a scam to
me.  They don't cut anything and it doesn't take very long.  I think
mine have been more than $300.00.  At least I did find out what kind of
bacteria and molds that I had (maybe still have) growing there from
cultures and I have good insurance or I would be in the "poor" house".

Kathyw