Northern Virginia Balloon Sinuplasty for Chronic Sinusitis
Posted by fauquierent on January 22, 2012
In the past month, local residents of Northern Virginia may have received a magazine newsletter from Prince William Hospital (Manassas, Virginia) that contained a feature story about sinus surgery and about balloon sinuplasty specifically.
It was a great story about how far sinus surgery has come compared to even just 5-10 years ago and the great patient experiences under otolaryngologist Dr. Gardner is not uncommon now.
A few key features of sinus surgery of the 21st century:
• Nasal packing rarely occurs
• Most patients are surprised by how little pain there is
• No facial swelling or bruising… your best friend won’t be able to tell you just had sinus surgery
• Fast recovery
• No incisions on the face or in the mouth
• GPS-like image guidance to make sinus surgery even safer is available
• In select patients, can even be performed in the office without sedation using local anesthesia only
• In select patients, can even be performed in the office without sedation using local anesthesia only
Balloon sinuplasty is a relatively new innovation that allows sinus surgery to even be performed even more comfortably in the office without any sedation (not all patients are candidates).
Such advanced sinus surgery techniques have been available at Fauquier ENT since 2005.
Read more about sinus surgery and balloon sinuplasty.
Source:
Balloon Sinuplasty. Perspectives Winter 2011 Pages 2-3.
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