The role of balloon sinuplasty in the treatment of sinus headache

Abstract

Headache attributed to rhinosinusitis, commonly called sinus headache (SH), is probably one of the most prevalent secondary headaches. The purpose of our study was to examine further sinus headache comparing the effect of conventional functional endoscopic sinus surgery and the balloon sinuplasty

Balloon dilation of sinus ostia in the Department of Defense: Diagnoses, actual indications, and outcomes

“…Although management of headache (without corresponding CT abnormalities) has been a long‐standing challenge for the rhinologist, BCD has not been evaluated in any clinical trial as a potential treatment option for this diagnosis. Marzetti et al evaluated the efficacy of BCD in the treatment of sinus headache, but this was in patients who also met the criteria for CRS, with headache being one of their CRS symptoms . Otherwise, the literature is silent on this application of BCD.…”

“…Marzetti et al evaluated the efficacy of BCD in the treatment of sinus headache, but this was in patients who also met the criteria for CRS, with headache being one of their CRS symptoms. 19 Otherwise, the literature is silent on this application of BCD.…”

Aktueller Stand der endonasalen Nasennebenhöhlenchirurgie

“…Sie stellt eine der in den letzten Jahren am intensivsten diskutierte Innovation in der Nasennebenhöhlenchirurgie dar -nicht nur, weil diese Methode intensiv durch eine breit angelegte Mediendarstellung veröffentlicht wurde und hierbei hohe Erwartungen bei Patienten erwuchsen [1068][1069][1070][1071], sondern auch, weil bis heute der eigentliche Benefit der Ballondilatation bei der Therapie sinunasaler Erkrankung nicht ausreichend geklärt ist, trotz der Vielzahl vorliegender Publikationen [1067,1073,1074]. Zentrale Probleme in der Bewertung der Ballondilatation betreffen u. a. die Methodik der Studien: nicht eindeutig benannte und definierte Indikation [1065,[1075][1076][1077][1078][1079], retrospektive Studien [1070,1076,[1080][1081][1082], Mischung verschiedener Krankheitsbilder [627,855,1070,1078,[1083][1084][1085], Mischung alleiniger Ballondilatation mit Hybrid-Eingriffen oder anderen Therapien [854,855,1065,1075,1076,1078,1080,1083,[1085][1086][1087][1088]. Gelegentliche kritische Kommentare betrafen die Methodik veröffentlichter Arbeiten zur Ballondilatation [1089,1090].…”

“…[1113] -Nachbeobachtung 1 Woche bis 4 Monate), ▶ Intensivpatienten [1114], ▶ Stirnhöhlenmukozelen [1109,1115], ▶ akuter Sinusitis frontalis [1116], ▶ Pott's puffy tumor [1117], ▶ sinugenem Kopfschmerz [1086], ▶ oder bei frontaler Minitrepanation retrograd [1118].…”

Role of Balloon Sinuplasty in the Treatment of Frontal Sinusitis

“…Furthermore, data have shown that the positive results after BSP are durable for a minimum of two years, which is equal to or exceeds those reported after conventional functional endoscopic sinus surgery 8 . However, the physician must be careful in offering this procedure only to patients who are eligible candidates 9 .…”