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2022 : Volume 1, Issue 1

Role of Computed Tomography of the Paranasal Sinuses in Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

Author(s) s: Kapil Kr. Singh, 1 Deepti Singh 1 and Yasmeen Usmani 2

1 Department of ENT , LLRM Medical College , India

2 Department of ENT , Government Medical College , India

Int J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

Article Type : Research Article

The place of computed tomography (CT) in the pre-operative assessment of patients prior to functional endoscopic sinus surgery is well established. A good knowledge of the anatomy of the paranasal sinuses, the clinical significance of anatomical variants, and the terminology used in functional endoscopic sinus surgery is basic to the correct interpretation of imaging studies. This article will review the anatomy of paranasal sinuses; Jami Karise the reader with the common terminology used in functional endoscopic sinus surgery and describes the patterns of inflammatory changes.

Keywords: Computed tomography; anatomy; variants; sinusitis; paranasal sinuses.

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