Indications for external sinus surgery include osteomyelitis, orbital complications, intracranial complications, and failure of the functional approach. A number of techniques have been described.

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) incorporates surgical instruments through small incisions to perform procedures. Despite the potential advantages of MIS, the lack of tactile sensation and haptic ...

Mucoceles are cystic masses that generally affect the sinuses. It occurs as a result from obstruction of the ostium of a sinus and consequential accumulation of mucus. Frontal and ethmoid sinuses are ...

Male earwigs are known to show positive allometry in their forceps—pincer-like appendages at the tip of the abdomen—which are believed to have evolved as weapons in battles with rivals.

The tap water she used for the sinus rinse came from an RV's water system at a campground in Texas, according to the case report. The CDC recommends the use of distilled, sterile or boiled and ...

A Texas woman died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba days after she cleaned her sinuses using tap water, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report.

In a tragic case, a routine sinus rinse turned into a fatal encounter with a brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri. The story comes out of Texas, where a healthy 71-year-old woman, likely ...

Male earwigs are known to show positive allometry in their forceps—pincer-like appendages at the tip of the abdomen—which are believed to have evolved as weapons in battles with rivals.