Endoscopic surgery for nasal inverted papilloma

Objective To explore the method and effectiveness of nasal endoscopic removal of nasal inverted papilloma.Methods The nasal inverted papillomas of nasal cavity and paranasal sinus in 32 patients were removed through excision as the principal treatment according to locality of tumors under endoscopy,and these patients were regularly examined after operation.Results All these patients were followed up for 12 to 36 months after the operation,28 cases were cured and 4 relapsed.Conclustion If we can master surgical indications and follow-up,nasal endoscopic surgery is effective in treatment ofrhinosinusal inverted palilloma in combination with the removal of tumors involved maxillary sinus via Caldwell-Luc approach,and thus it may prevent the recurrence of tumor.