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"Balloon sinuplasty" may an unfamiliar term to many people, but it is a safe and effective way to treat chronic sinus conditions.
Balloon sinuplasty isn’t scary; it's actually exciting. It is one of the newest tools that sinus inflammation specialists have in their arsenal. During this minimally invasive procedure, a tiny balloon is inserted into your sinus cavity and inflated, thereby expanding your nasal cavities and making breathing easier.
"I'm very excited about balloon sinuplasty, balloon dilation. I always tell people that I went to a conference -- I think this was back in 2005 in San Francisco -- and at the very end, they were talking about balloon dilation," Dr. Monty Trimble of Dallas Breathe Free Sinus & Allergy Centers said. "I remember thinking, wow, if you could eventually do this in the office, this would be a game changer because you could take what we've been doing in the operating room for years, you can move it to a less-invasive, maybe easier environment. And you can be less invasive in your extensive surgery, etc. And that would be great. Sure enough, in 2011 we were doing this procedure in the office, and we were probably one of the earlier offices that started doing it."
Recovery time for balloon sinuplasty isn’t what you might expect when you think of “surgical intervention,” according to the medical journal The Laryngoscope. Patients who underwent sinuplasty during a regular doctor's visit under local anesthesia, on average, needed only 1.4 days of recovery, compared to 4.2 days for patients who had other surgical interventions.
Recovery plans for balloon sinuplasty make no mention of nose packing with gauze or bruising. However, it might be recommended that you do not blow your nose, that you rinse your nose with saline if you feel congested, to sleep with your head elevated and avoid exerting yourself for the first few days, according to Cleveland Clinic.
Will the procedure last? A previous study by Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation concluded that 85% of patients still reported improvements in their sinus symptoms, even two years after having the procedure.
Please take the Dallas Breathe Free Sinus Self-Assessment Quiz to evaluate your symptoms.
Dallas Breathe Free Sinus & Allergy Centers is committed to providing the best sinus and allergy relief in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area and beyond, using the most advanced, proven patient-friendly techniques available. With 29 million Americans suffering from sinusitis and 242,000 annual chronic sinusitis ER visits, our mission is to provide minimally invasive options for needed, long-lasting relief so that patients can get back to living. We call this mission Breathe Free and Live Well, and it is the North Star that guides us in each unique, collaborative patient interaction. To learn more about Dallas Breathe Free Sinus & Allergy Centers, please visit our website.