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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2014 Mar 18;78(6):923–925. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.03.008

Table 3.

Intervention after recovery from acute complicated rhinosinusitis

Patient Initial Complication Initial Treatment Secondary Surgery Indication
1 SPA, orbital cellulitis AE, MA, orbitotomy MA, revision MA, revision AE persistent CRS symptoms
2 Orbital cellulitis, meningitis AE, MA, orbitotomy, frontal sinus trephination maxillary and frontal sinus irrigations persistent CRS symptoms
3 SPA orbitotomy, DCR AE, MA, AE, endoscopic frontal sinusotomy persistent CRS symptoms
4 SPA, epidural abscess orbitotomy, craniotomy adenoidectomy persistent CRS symptoms
5 SPA, preseptal cellulitis antibiotics maxillary sinus irrigations persistent CRS symptoms
6 SPA orbital antibiotics TE, MA second complication (SPA)
7 cellulitis orbital antibiotics adenoidectomy persistent CRS symptoms
8 cellulitis preseptal antibiotics adenoidectomy persistent CRS symptoms
9 cellulitis antibiotics adenoidectomy persistent CRS symptoms

AE - anterior ethmoidectomy TE - total ethmoidectomy MA - maxillary antrostomy DCR - dacrocystorhinostomy SPA - subperiosteal abscess CRS - chronic rhinosinusitis