内視鏡下鼻内手術における新しい手術手技

—Balloon sinuplasty—

抄録

Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) has become the typical care for with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Balloon catheter technology (Balloon sinuplasty) has been recently introduced in sinus surgery as a minimally invasive tool for dilation of the maxillary, sphenoid, and frontal sinus drainage pathways. We reported two cases to be treated with Balloon sinuplasty. This technology has many advantages for dilating sinus drainage pathways, though there are some problems for the adaptation of CRS with a focus on the ethmoid sinus , and for the cost of instruments.