Balloon Sinuplasty
What is Balloon Sinuplasty?
Balloon Sinuplasty is a minimally invasive procedure and is an alternative to sinus surgery. It involves limited to no cutting.
Patients having chronic sinusitis or rhinosinusitis are usually the types of patients who choose to undergo this surgery.
Chronic Sinusitis may interfere in Sinus Drainage and cause Mucous Build-up.
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How to perform Balloon Sinuplasty?
Step 1
Balloon Sinuplasty is an outpatient procedure. You will be put under a general anesthetic. Before surgery the doctor might do a CT scan to better understand the condition.
The doctor will inject your nose with a local anesthetic. Next the doctor will use a rigid endoscope to go inside your nose and gain access to your sinus cavity with blockage or inflammation.
The doctor will place a small catheter into your nose. A catheter is a flexible tube that doctors can use to inject or remove fluids.
Step 2
After inserting the catheter, the doctor will advance a small, thin balloon into the sinus.
In some cases, laser is also used to buzz the tissue blocking the sinus opening.
Step 3
The doctor will inflate the balloon, which will dilate the end of the sinus cavity. Then, the doctor will pull the balloon out of the sinus.
Step 4
At this point, the sinus will start to drain. Next, with the catheter still in your nose, the doctor might start to irrigate the sinus to remove more mucus and buildup.
Step 5
The doctor might take a sample to later determine whether there is an infection growing in the sinus cavity. Nothing is usually left in the nose.
Step 6
Sometimes the doctor will leave implants that release medication over about a week, but that’s rare.
How Long Does the Balloon Sinuplasty Surgery Take?
The procedure takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to complete. More serious cases could take longer.
Is the Balloon Sinuplasty surgery Painful?
There’s less bleeding involved with sinuplasty. And unlike sinus surgery, there isn’t a lot of packing placed in the nasal cavity. Any packing used will be minimal, if it’s used at all. Some doctors will use a soluble packing that will dissolve, so you won’t have to go back and get the packing removed.
What’s the follow-up?
You likely will have follow-up appointments with your doctor to make sure you’re recovering as expected.
Because chronic sinusitis is a lifelong disease, you might need future procedures down the road. For example, some people choose to have balloon sinuplasty and sinus surgery performed at the same time. That will depend on you, your sinus cavities and what the CT scan shows.
What are the risks?
There are some rare risks that include injury to the eyes and the base of the skull and also spinal fluid leaks in the nose. Those rarely happen in balloon sinuplasty. The risk of those problems are lower than in traditional sinus surgery. You could also have delayed bleeding, although that’s rare as well.
Because chronic sinusitis is a lifelong disease, you might need future procedures down the road. For example, some people choose to have balloon sinuplasty and sinus surgery performed at the same time. That will depend on you, your sinus cavities and what the CT scan shows.
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