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Facial Skeletal Growth After Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in the Piglet Model
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Facial Skeletal Growth After Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in the Piglet Model

Kevin M Carpenter, Scott M Graham and Richard J. H Smith
American journal of rhinology, Vol.11(3), pp.211-217
05/01/1997
DOI: 10.2500/105065897781751929
PMID: 9209593

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Abstract

This study examined the effects of varying degrees of endoscopic sinus surgery on the growing midface and snout in pigs. In this randomized, controlled experiment, thirty 40-60 pound pigs were placed in five experimental groups: (1) unilateral uncinectomy; (2) bilateral uncinectomy; (3) unilateral uncinectomy, anterior ethmoidectomy, maxillary antrostomy; (4) bilateral uncinectomy, anterior ethmoidectomy, maxillary antrostomy; (5) unoperated controls. Animals were killed after 3 months and growth was assessed, according to linear and spatial measurements of multiple craniofacial regions. Euclidean distance matrix analysis showed significant restrictive shape alterations in a linear fashion in groups 1-4 (p < .05). These alterations occurred in the surgical field of the snout, midsnout, and maxilla. Endoscopic sinus surgery causes significant restrictive effects in the growing porcine facial skeleton.

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