Table 1: Review of literature.
Authors | No of patients | Age at presentation in years | Gender | Side | Probable Aetiology | Treatment by only middle meatal antrostomy | Single stage sinus/orbital surgery | Multi stage treatment | Conservative treatment | No treatment |
Soparkar, et al. [2] | 14 | 29-46 | 8:6 (male:female) | 9:5 (right:left) | Chronic sinusitis, retention cyst, mucocoele | 2 | 12 | - | - | - |
Boyd, et al. [13] | 6 | 33-74 | 3:3 | - | Chronic sinusitis | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
Illner, et al. [3] | 5 | 39-65 | 4:1 | 3:2 | Chronic sinusitis | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Rose, et al. [6] | 14 | 25-78 | 7:7 | 8:6 | Chronic sinusitis | 8 | 4 | - | - | - |
Thomas, et al. [5] | 4 | 27-40 | 3:1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
Hourany, et al. [9] | 1 | 30 | Male | Right | Chronic sinusitis | - | - | - | - | - |
Bossolesi, et al. [14] | 4 | 38-45 | 2:2 | Right | Chronic sinusitis | - | 4 | - | - | - |
Sesenna, et al. [8] | 3 | 28-46 | 2:1 | Left | Chronic sinusitis | - | - | 3 | - | - |
Gill, et al. [15] | 1 | 32 | Female | Right | Pregnancy related sinusitis | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Saldanha, et al. [11] | 1 | 20 | Male | Right | Barotrauma leading to sinusitis | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Gan, et al. [16] | 1 | 44 | Female | Left | Chronic sinusitis | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Conville, et al. [17] | 1 | 30 | Male | Right | Chronic sinusitis | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Ferro, et al. [18] | 1 | 28 | Female | Left | Chronic sinusitis | - | - | - | - | 1 |