2019
Rate of rhinosinusitis and sinus surgery following a minimally destructive approach to endoscopic transsphenoidal hypophysectomy
Rimmer RA, Vimawala S, Chitguppi C, Reilly EK, Graf AE, Fastenberg JH, Evans JJ, Rosen MR, Rabinowitz MR, Nyquist GG. Rate of rhinosinusitis and sinus surgery following a minimally destructive approach to endoscopic transsphenoidal hypophysectomy. International Forum Of Allergy & Rhinology 2019, 10: 405-411. PMID: 31765522, DOI: 10.1002/alr.22482.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional endoscopic sinus surgeryTranssphenoidal hypophysectomyEndoscopic transsphenoidal hypophysectomyChronic rhinosinusitisSinus surgeryNasoseptal flapExcellent long-term patientNasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22) scoresPrior chronic rhinosinusitisRetrospective chart reviewCourse of antibioticsEndoscopic sinus surgeryLong-term patientsOutcome Test scoresPreoperative levelsChart reviewTurbinate lateralizationRecurrent tumorsPrimary indicationSingle institutionPituitary surgeryRhinosinusitisPatientsSurgeryPosterior septectomy
2018
The Role of Free Tissue Transfer in the Management of Chronic Frontal Sinus Osteomyelitis
Rimmer RA, Duffy AN, Knops AM, Rabinowitz MR, Koszewski IJ, Rosen MR, Ortlip T, Heffelfinger RN, Garcia HG, Evans JJ, Nyquist GG, Curry JM. The Role of Free Tissue Transfer in the Management of Chronic Frontal Sinus Osteomyelitis. The Laryngoscope 2018, 129: 1497-1504. PMID: 30549281, DOI: 10.1002/lary.27669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFree tissue transferFrontal sinus osteomyelitisFrontal bone osteomyelitisTissue transferExtensive debridementOverall complication rateRetrospective chart reviewFrontal sinus infectionChronic frontal sinusitisNumber of surgeriesPlanned courseSignificant debridementPostoperative antibioticsChart reviewComplication rateDefinitive treatmentPostoperative infectionSinus infectionOpen surgeryRecurrent infectionsSurgical interventionSingle institutionSurgical dataFrontal sinusitisSimultaneous cranioplasty