DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20204652

The physiological and pathophysiological aspects of the maxillary sinus

Manish Munjal, Ritu Gupta, Joginder Sidhu, Shubham Munjal, Sahil Ahluwalia, Mehak Bath, Archit Pal Singh

Abstract


Among the paranasal sinuses the maxillary sinus with a bottle neck ventilatory and drainage pathway is the commonest sinus to be involved in inflammatory pathologies .With limited intervention at the osteo-meatal unit the disturbed intricate mucociliary physiology of the sinus tends to revert. The surgery being aptly captioned, the “functional endoscopic sinus surgery”. The unique physio-pathology of the maxillary sinus shall be elaborated.


Keywords


Maxillary sinus, Physiology, Pathology

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