OBJECTIVE: Orbital complications of acute @entity1244 can be severe. Nowadays, surgical drainage of intraorbital abscess formations is performed endoscopically in the majority of cases. This study aims to illustrate the Graz experience in the endoscopic treatment of orbital complications and to present our treatment algorithm. METHODS: In a retrospective study, 53 @entity1 were examined who were referred to the Department of General Otorhinolaryngology of the ENT-University Hospital Graz from 2000 to 2011. RESULTS: Of 53 @entity1 , @entity1 were affected more frequently than @entity1 (n = 37, 69.81% vs n = 16, 30.19%). The following diagnoses were obtained: 9 @entity2688 , 7 @entity4550 , 14 subperiosteal @entity733 , and 23 orbital @entity733 . In 16 @entity1 , a conservative therapy was administered; 37 @entity1 underwent surgery, most of them purely endoscopically (n = 31, 83.78%). Two of the @entity1 who underwent conservative treatment and 7 of those who underwent surgery experienced a recurrence (n = 9, 16.98%). CONCLUSION: Based on analysis of our recurrences, we have tried to create the optimal treatment algorithm as a point of reference in the management of orbital complications of acute @entity1244 . In this way, 7 of 9 recurrences could have been avoided, equaling a hypothetical recurrence rate of 3.77% instead of 16.98% (hypothetical success rate 96.23%).

Transnasal Endoscopic Treatment of Orbital Complications of Acute XXXX : The Graz Concept.

@entity1244 :: ('MESH:D012852', 'Disease') :: ['sinusitis'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity2688 :: ('MESH:D002481', 'Disease') :: ['preseptal cellulitis'] @entity733 :: ('MESH:D000038', 'Disease') :: ['abscesses'] @entity4550 :: ('MESH:D054517', 'Disease') :: ['orbital cellulitis']
@entity1244 :: (MESH:D012852,Disease) :: ['Sinusitis']
