What is Balloon Sinuplasty In-Office Treatment?
In the past few years, a new minimally invasive treatment for chronic sinusitis sufferers has been introduced and has proven to be safe, effective and has been embraced by many patients. As you know, many patients are afraid of undergoing invasive sinus surgery including functional endoscopic sinus surgeries and sometime serious health problems prevent routine surgical intervention for sinus problems.
Balloon Sinuplasty In-Office - Clinical Benefits
What to expect?
In a stable and healthy patient, this procedure can be done in the office under local anesthesia and the patients who are medically unstable, this procedure can be done in the hospital or amblatory surgery center settings. The long-term outcome data proves that balloon sinuplasty has a lower rate of revision when compared to previous traditional functional endoscopic sinus surgery and the complication rate is minimal and the patient can return to normal activity within 24 hours.
Who is a good candidate for Balloon Sinuplasty?
Patients who continue to keep coming back with facial pain, pressure, congestion, fullness, ear pain, ear pressure, dizziness, ringing, nasal obstruction, difficulty breathing, blockage of the nose, discolored postnasal drip and profuse postnasal drip with some halitosis, nasal discharge and purulence, loss of smell and taste, headaches, fatigue, fever, dental pain, halitosis are some of the symptoms, which can be treated with this minimally invasive sinus procedure, which is done mostly under local anesthesia and can be accomplished in the office setting.
Sinus Symptoms
Sinusitis (also called rhinosinusitis) is an inflammation of the sinus lining that prevents normal mucus drainage through the nose. This blockage causes mucus to build up in the sinuses and can lead to very uncomfortable symptoms. Sinusitis symptoms may include:
Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) came into existence because of pioneering work of Messerklinger and Stamberger (Graz, Austria, 1970's). Other surgeons have made additional contributions (first performed in USA by Kennedy in 1985). It is done either under local or general anesthesia, depending on the extent of the procedure, and using an endoscope, disease and obstructing bone and polyps are removed from the nose and sinus cavities are opened. Dr. Anwar Mumtaz is features as one of the few doctors who can perform this surgery.
Does pain/pressure location indicate anything?
The pain's location relates sometimes to the infected sinus:
In the past few years, a new minimally invasive treatment for chronic sinusitis sufferers has been introduced and has proven to be safe, effective and has been embraced by many patients. As you know, many patients are afraid of undergoing invasive sinus surgery including functional endoscopic sinus surgeries and sometime serious health problems prevent routine surgical intervention for sinus problems.
- Balloon sinuplasty is a minimally invasive sinus office treatment and does not involve removing any tissue or any long-term side effects.
- Most of the patients we have treated so far have benefited significantly and symptom improvement has been incredible.
- Medical therapy such as antibiotics, topical nasal steroids is often successful at reducing mucosal swelling and relieving ostial obstruction.
- However, for at least 20-30% of the patients, medical therapy is not adequate and BALLOON SINUS DILATATION is their next step in finding relief.
- Many patients continue to receive antibiotic treatment and as you know in this day and age, significant bacterial resistance has evolved.
- We have performed minimally invasive Balloon Sinuplasty in office and in the hospital for chronic sinus sufferers for the last many years and have seen excellent results.
Balloon Sinuplasty In-Office - Clinical Benefits
- Restore normal sinus drainage and function without bone or tissue removal, which preserves future treatment options
- Consider the opportunity for earlier intervention when medical therapy has failed
- Perform Balloon Sinuplasty In-Office procedures within a comfortable office setting under local anesthetic
- Lower the financial burden for eligible patients (reduced copay and procedural costs)
- Balloon sinuplasty is a FDA approved minimally invasive procedure, which is done on the same basis as cardiac angioplasty. The balloon sinuplasty is minimally invasive.
- It is safe and effective.
- There is minimal bleeding and the recovery is fast and almost the same day.
- The patient has minimal complications and had excellent relief of sinusitus and headaches.
- For frontal sinusitus and headache this is the most effective and least invasive procedure
What to expect?
In a stable and healthy patient, this procedure can be done in the office under local anesthesia and the patients who are medically unstable, this procedure can be done in the hospital or amblatory surgery center settings. The long-term outcome data proves that balloon sinuplasty has a lower rate of revision when compared to previous traditional functional endoscopic sinus surgery and the complication rate is minimal and the patient can return to normal activity within 24 hours.
Who is a good candidate for Balloon Sinuplasty?
Patients who continue to keep coming back with facial pain, pressure, congestion, fullness, ear pain, ear pressure, dizziness, ringing, nasal obstruction, difficulty breathing, blockage of the nose, discolored postnasal drip and profuse postnasal drip with some halitosis, nasal discharge and purulence, loss of smell and taste, headaches, fatigue, fever, dental pain, halitosis are some of the symptoms, which can be treated with this minimally invasive sinus procedure, which is done mostly under local anesthesia and can be accomplished in the office setting.
Sinus Symptoms
Sinusitis (also called rhinosinusitis) is an inflammation of the sinus lining that prevents normal mucus drainage through the nose. This blockage causes mucus to build up in the sinuses and can lead to very uncomfortable symptoms. Sinusitis symptoms may include:
- Sinus pressure and congestion
- Sinus Headache
- Facial pain
- Tenderness and swelling around the eyes, cheeks, nose and forehead
- Difficulty breathing through the nose
- Loss of the sense of smell or taste
- Yellow or green mucus from the nose
- Teeth pain
- Fatigue
- Sore throat from nasal discharge
- Bad breath
Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) came into existence because of pioneering work of Messerklinger and Stamberger (Graz, Austria, 1970's). Other surgeons have made additional contributions (first performed in USA by Kennedy in 1985). It is done either under local or general anesthesia, depending on the extent of the procedure, and using an endoscope, disease and obstructing bone and polyps are removed from the nose and sinus cavities are opened. Dr. Anwar Mumtaz is features as one of the few doctors who can perform this surgery.
Does pain/pressure location indicate anything?
The pain's location relates sometimes to the infected sinus:
- Frontal sinusitis causes forehead pain or headache.
- Maxillary sinusitis causes cheek pain, which may radiate to the teeth in the upper jaw.
- Ethmoid sinusitis causes pain between the eyes or across the bridge of the nose.
- Sphenoid sinusitis causes pain behind the eyes, on the top of the scalp, or along the back of the head.