Disorders of the Paranasal Sinuses

Equine paranasal sinus disease: A long‐term study of 200 cases (1997–2009): Ancillary diagnostic findings and involvement of the various sinus compartments

“…A retrospective study was made of all cases of sinus disease referred to the Equine Hospital at the University of Edinburgh between January 1997 and April 2009. Diagnostic criteria for differentiating the different types of sinus disease were as previously described (Tremaine and Dixon 2001; Tremaine and Freeman 2007), except that in this study the data from cases of primary sinusitis were subdivided into subacute primary sinusitis (<2 months' duration) and chronic primary sinusitis (>2 months' duration) in order to examine for possible differences in clinical or ancillary diagnostic findings between these 2 groups. Also in this study, cases of sinusitis caused by dental disorders were divided into those caused by cheek tooth apical infection, i.e.…”

Treatment of oromaxillary fistulae in nine standing horses (2002–2006)

“…and butorphanol 3 25 µg/kg bwt i.v.) and local subcutaneous anaesthesia (lidocaine 2%) 4 , a maxillary sinus osteotomy was performed (Tremaine and Freeman 2006); food and pus were found in the sinus (Fig 1). A blunt probe could be passed from the maxillary sinus into the oral cavity between 109 and 110 confirming the presence of a small oromaxillary fistula, undetected at oral examination.…”

Equine paranasal sinus disease: A long‐term study of 200 cases (1997–2009): Treatments and long‐term results of treatments

“…The treatment of the different types of equine sinus disease can present many difficulties with, historically, many cases requiring multiple or prolonged treatment (Formston 1987;Tremaine and Dixon 2001;Tremaine and Freeman 2007). There is a paucity of objective studies on the treatment and results of treatment of equine sinus disease, with a few exceptions, including the reports of Tremaine and Dixon (2001); Quinn et al (2005); Woodford and Lane (2006) and Hart and Sullins (2011).…”