The ultimate success orfailure offro ntal sinus surg ical procedures, wliether they be endonasal al' external, is detennined essentially by the rat e of res tenosis of the froutal sinus outflo w tra ct OI' neo-osti utn postop erat ively. Long-terin sten ting f or a period ofseveral months significantly reduces the rate of resteno sis, particularly in difficult cases. We retrospecti vely re viewed the cases of 12 pa tients who recei ved 21 fro ntal na sa l ste nt s, which were left in pla ce f or 6 months. Based on outcoines nieasures that included endos copy O I' rad iologicfindings and pati ents ' self-evaluations, we cone lude that fro ntal nasal stents that a re left in pla ce fo r 6 months are mar e ejfective than stents that are renioved earlier. We recommend that th is type of managem ent be co nsi de red in difficult rev isio n cases and befo re performing an ext ernal operation.
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