Smith & Nephew plc runs its operations through three segments: orthopaedics, sports medicine & ent, and advanced wound management. The company’s key offering includes VENTERA, which is a balloon ...

About one out of every eight Americans fighting a cold has battled a not-so-nice side effect. It’s that sudden, painful feeling that your face is about to explode from added pressure. And forget about ...

Surgeon Ralph Metson stares at a big video screen that shows, with amazing clarity, the inside of Nancy Butler's nasal passages. A weird glow lights up her nose and cheek from within. It comes from ...

Sinus surgery treats various problems affecting the series of cavities around your nasal passages called the sinuses. There are different types, but the most common is functional endoscopic surgery.

Through-cutting sinus forceps can be used to rapidly and precisely incise and excise aryepiglottic folds of neonates with laryngomalacia. This technique may have technical advantages over the use of ...

Upwards of 76 percent of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis experienced significant quality of life improvements after undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery, according to new research. Upwards of 76 ...

"Crank?" was my first reaction when I saw the review copy of the new book "Scrubbed Out: Reviving the Doctor's Role in Patient Care." It was a slim, self-published volume with a cartoon cover and an M ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chronic sinusitis, a prevalent health condition, results from persistent inflammation in the sinuses lasting beyond 12 weeks. Factors such as allergies, deviated nasal septum or ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chronic sinusitis and bacteria-caused sinus infections are the most prevalent health issues witnessed in various countries. Sinus dilation is one of the safest and ...

The goal of endoscopic sinus surgery is to improve the drainage of the sinuses and prevent mucus from building up in these chambers. When secretions accumulate in a blocked off sinus, they may become ...