caa a22 4500 386346283 CHVBK 20180307111812.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198904 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100109004 doi S0022215100109004 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100109004 Ijaduola T. G. A. Lagos, Nigeria Use of a Foley catheter for short-term drainage in frontal sinus surgery [Elektronische Daten] [T. G. A. Ijaduola] Frontal sinus surgery for chronic disease presents a variety of problems, in particular that of drainage. No matter how successful the surgical technique is in clearing disease from the sinus, it is still important that the fronto-nasal duct is kept patent unless the procedure is an obliterative one. Usually a tube is inserted for drainage and has to be kept in place for several weeks or months. This paper presents a study of 16 patients, suffering from frontal sinus disease, in whom a short-term drainage technique using a Foley catheter was employed between 1979 and 1988 at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. This type of drainage allows effective anchorage and irrigation with a decongestant. It has been found to give satisfactory results after 14 days in place and has had no unusual complications. It is therefore recommended for use in such cases. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989 The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/4(1989-04), 375-378 0022-2151 103:4<375 1989 103 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100109004 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100109004 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Ijaduola T. G. A. Lagos, Nigeria NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 103/4(1989-04), 375-378 0022-2151 103:4<375 1989 103 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge