THE MODIFIED LOTHROP PROCEDURE lN THE RESSECTION OF A LARGE FRONTAL SINUS OSTEOMA

Abstract

Surgical techniques addressing symptomatic osteomas of the frontal sinus, which are inaccessible to an endonasal· endoscopic approach, very frequently employ an external route and end up with a non functioning sinus. In the present report, we describe a surgical case in which intra-sinus tumor removal was accomplished through o minimal external frontal sinusotomy, using a lynch incision, and was further supplemented by modified Lothrop procedure in order to simultaneously retain intact sinus function.