Balloon Sinuplasty

Tiny telescopes called endoscopes revolutionised nasal and sinus surgery by letting the rhinologists or sinus surgeons ‘observe’ the insides of nasal and sinus passages. Newer advances – such as the balloon dilating catheter and its adaptation to sinus surgery – are improving sinus surgeries’ effectiveness and accuracy.

Balloon sinuplasty is a minimally invasive surgical procedure used to treat various sinus-related conditions, particularly chronic sinusitis and certain sinus blockages.

There are two ways of using the balloon dilating catheter: –

Like any other instrument or tool used during functional endoscopic sinus surgery where it is employed as a minimally invasive tool during a tissue removal procedure.

Like a stand-alone procedure where only the balloon (no other instrumentation) is used to open a sinus and no tissue is actually removed from the level of the sinus opening.