Functional endoscopie sinus surgery in children.

Functional Endoscopie Sinus Surgery Which has been introduced in Europe by Messerklinger and Stammberger and later on in United States by Kennedy, has now become a standard modality of treatment for sinus diseases in our country. However, most of the work reported from our country pertain to adult population. In this paper, we present our experience in 30 children who underwent Functional Endoscopie Sinus Surgery over the past four years. The age of the patients varied from 7-14 years. All the patients tolerated the procedure well and there was no major complication. Follow-up period varied from 9-39 months with a mean follow-up of 18.3 months. Out of 30 patients, 27 patients were available for long term assessment of results. 18 patients (66.67%) reported complete improvement of symptoms, while 6 patients (22.22%) had partial improvement. 3 patients (11.11%) showed no improvement. The results of this small series reveal that Functional Endoscopie Sinus Suregery has a definite role in the treatment of sinus disease in children.