Repetitive Sinus-Related Symptoms May Accelerate the Progression of Chronic Maxillary Atelectasis

Figure 3

Summary of the clinical examination after the endoscopic sinus surgery. (a) Facial appearance 6 months after the endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). The arrows in the right and left pictures show the superior sulcus. The deepening of the right superior sulcus that was observed before the sinus surgery appeared to have been eliminated by the ESS. (b) Endoscopic findings 6 months after the ESS. The right uncinate process was removed and recurrence of the deformity was not observed. (c) Computed tomography findings 10 months after the ESS. The deviation of the posterior wall in the right maxillary sinus (shown by the arrow) seems to have been eliminated by the ESS.

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