Immediate lamina papyracea reconstruction during endoscopic sinus surgery for surgically managed subperiosteal abscess in children.

Abstract

The sinonasal area of a child's face is the keystone of facial architecture, and any trauma to this area may result in facial dysplasia. Animal studies have proven facial skeletal growth retardation following functional endoscopic sinus surgery. The effect of sinus surgery on facial skeletal growth in humans still needs to be established. Therefore, very conservative surgical resection during functional endoscopic sinus surgery in children is advocated. We present a surgical technique of immediate lamina papyracea reconstruction during endoscopic sinus surgery in children. We have used this technique in endoscopic surgical decompression of subperiosteal abscess secondary to sinusitis in children. We present two cases in which this technique was used in children aged 33 months and 8 years old. The postoperative computed tomography scans showed an intact lamina papyracea.