Caldwell-Luc surgery
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caldwell-luc-surgery-288-14354006
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Caldwell-Luc surgery
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Caldwell-Luc surgery, Caldwell-Luc operation, also known as Caldwell-Luc antrostomy, and Radical antrostomy, is an operation to remove irreversibly damaged mucosa of the maxillary sinus. It is done when maxillary sinusitis is not cured by medication or other non-invasive technique. The approach is mainly from the anterior wall of the maxilla bone. It was introduced by George Caldwell (1893)and Henry Luc (1897).
The maxillary sinus is entered from two separate openings, one in the canine fossa to
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Operation to remove mucosa of the maxillary sinus
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2024-02-02T17:14:01Z
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