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  • Title: [Orbital and intracranial complications of paranasal sinus inflammation].
    Author: Voronkin VF, Sergeev MM, Perekhoda DL.
    Journal: Vestn Otorinolaringol; 1999; (4):25-7. PubMed ID: 10453231.
    Abstract:
    The examination of 2251 patients with paranasal sinusitis has detected various rhinosinusogenic orbital and intracranial complications in 75 of them (3.3% of overall number of sinusitis patients). The complications were caused by acute and chronic paranasal sinusitis in 49 and 26 patients, respectively. 55 patients had orbital, 20--different intracranial complications. The treatment in most cases consists of emergency operation on the paranasal sinuses, in intracranial complications the surgeon opens dura mater of the anterior cranial fossa and prescribes massive antibacterial, dehydration, desintoxication therapy.
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