WASHINGTON – It's like an angioplasty to clear out clogged sinuses. A new procedure lets doctors snake a balloon up the noses of chronic sinusitis sufferers, stretching their sinus passages to help ...

Discover how often balloon sinus dilation is done without recommended preoperative CT imaging and why it matters for safety.

Sinus surgery may be effective but it is also one of the most feared elective procedures to treat sinusitis, a common health complaint that affects about 14 percent of the adult U.S. population.

ROCKFORD — “It felt like somebody was trying to dig my eye out,” is how Ashley Flanegan described the pain of her chronic sinusitis. She rubbed her forehead above her right eye, saying “the pain was ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a 61-year-old male in good health except for chronic sinus infections. I’ve been told my CT scan revealed all of my sinuses are infected, and my hearing has been reduced due to the ...

Josh Bergeron / Salisbury Post - Dr. Robert Whitaker is the only doctor in Salisbury that performs balloon sinuplasty in his office. The procedure is a relatively new alternative to traditional ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Paul McBee had to do something: His sinus pressure had built back up, leaving him unable to breathe or sleep. But the 56-year-old Utica resident didn’t want the sinus surgery he’d had ...

Sinusitis can be a real pain in the nose. This condition, which is an inflammation of the tissue lining the sinuses, ranges in severity from acute to chronic. Normally, your sinuses are filled with ...

People who have chronic sinus problems often complain of being tired, having headaches and losing their sense of taste or smell. Many would rather suffer or take medications than undergo complicated ...

Jeanne Rivard, 55, of Bridgeport Township struggled with the sniffles and pain associated with chronic sinus problems, but was reluctant to undergo another operation because she had a bad experience ...

Paul McBee had to do something: His sinus pressure had built back up, leaving him unable to breathe or sleep. Advertisement Article continues below this ad But the 56-year-old Utica resident didn't ...