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Balloon Sinuplasty

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jan - 03 Feb 2006 03:05 GMT
I was wondering if Balloon Sinuplasty is an effective endoscopic tool
for chronic sinusitis?

                                           Thanks

                                            Jan
Don Brady - 03 Feb 2006 05:49 GMT
>I was wondering if Balloon Sinuplasty is an effective endoscopic tool
>for chronic sinusitis?

We just had a long thread on this in the last few weeks.

I would suggest reading it in groups.google.com.

I would summarize by saying that it may have some uses in soem cases, but will
probably  not have that much overall significance for now....
jan - 03 Feb 2006 18:03 GMT
> >I was wondering if Balloon Sinuplasty is an effective endoscopic tool
> >for chronic sinusitis?
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> I would summarize by saying that it may have some uses in soem cases, but will
> probably  not have that much overall significance for now....

Thanks Don,for the reply.  I will check out the other posts.
casey0831@msn.com - 07 Feb 2006 18:00 GMT
> > >I was wondering if Balloon Sinuplasty is an effective endoscopic tool
> > >for chronic sinusitis?
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>
> Thanks Don,for the reply.  I will check out the other posts.

Has anyone tried Balloon Sinuplasty? If so, how effective was it?
There are only 40 doctors in the US performing this now.  I would
seriously consider it. It sounds a lot less invasive than the
Endoscopic Sinus Surgery performed now.  This gives me great hope.

I also read about a new medication on the horizon called SinuNase. It
contains Amphotercin B.  Hopefully it will be out soon.
Don Brady - 07 Feb 2006 23:55 GMT
>Has anyone tried Balloon Sinuplasty? If so, how effective was it?
>There are only 40 doctors in the US performing this now.  I would
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>I also read about a new medication on the horizon called SinuNase. It
>contains Amphotercin B.  Hopefully it will be out soon.

Well it only is suitable for a limited range of circumstances.

One of the posters here went to see one of the developers of that  technique
and the doctor said conventional surgery would be better for her case anyway.

But you could certainly see if it applied to you case.

There are other minimal techniques too, you know.

One famous surgeon who has
an extremely minimal technique called "small hole surgery", with rapid recovery
is Reuben C. Setliff - see
http://www.setliff.com/ .  

Why do you want minimal surgery?   Minimal surgery may be minimally effective
in individuals where the infection has spread to the ethmoid bone, for example.
If what you want to minimize is risk, then using the best surgeon will have
more influence on that than anything else.....
 
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