caa a22 4500 475849205 CHVBK 20180406123923.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004050050232 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004050050232 A survey of contemporary management of frontal sinus disease in the United Kingdom [Elektronische Daten] [N. C. Molony, K. Ah-See, A. Rachmanidou, W. Draf] Surgery for frontal sinus disease historically has required an external approach. With the advent of endoscopic sinus surgery, endoscopic treatment for various frontal sinus pathologies has been described. This survey examined how widespread the use of endoscopy in frontal surgery has become. We were interested both in the acute emergency situation and in the more chronic situations such as mucocoeles. The replies of 266 practising United Kingdom surgeons to a postal questionnaire were evaluated. While 45% of surgeons regularly practise functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), approximately 25% would attempt endoscopic drainage of acute frontal sinusitis and most perform an external trephine. Most surgeons also rely on external approaches to manage mucocoeles or pyocoeles (54%), although some (39%) attempt endoscopic drainage if the cyst lies sufficiently medially. Even with recurrent or intractable disease one-third attempt endoscopic surgery. When external surgery is used in the United Kingdom, only a small number of surgeons favour obliteration. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Paranasal sinus disease nationallicence Frontal sinusitis nationallicence Sinus surgery nationallicence Endoscopy nationallicence Molony N. C. Otolaryngology Department, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh EH3 9EN, UK, GB aut Ah-See K. Otolaryngology Department, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh EH3 9EN, UK, GB aut Rachmanidou A. Otolaryngology Department, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh EH3 9EN, UK, GB aut Draf W. Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Head, Neck and Facial Plastic Surgery, Stadtisches Klinikum Fulda, Pacelliallee 4, 36043, Fulda, Germany, DE aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004050050232 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004050050232 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Molony N. C. Otolaryngology Department, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh EH3 9EN, UK, GB aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ah-See K. Otolaryngology Department, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh EH3 9EN, UK, GB aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rachmanidou A. Otolaryngology Department, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh EH3 9EN, UK, GB aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Draf W. Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Head, Neck and Facial Plastic Surgery, Stadtisches Klinikum Fulda, Pacelliallee 4, 36043, Fulda, Germany, DE aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer