Surgery is done for sinus problems in other countries at a far greater rate than here. They may not have the luxury of frequent office visits, long term antibiotics, and so on. That doesn't mean that this is the best approach for the patient. We see lots of patients who would have been better off if they had had their surgery years ago when the condition was early. A. Acute sinusitis is a single infection that clears.
Chronic sinusitis is something that reoccurs.
The patient whose chronic sinusitis clears up doesn't come back to the office. Unfortunately some patients do require long term and repeat treatment that might have been prevented if early on they had been taught to blow the nose very gently, use saline spray without additives, and other methods of prevention. Top Dr. Grossan is one of the USA's leading medical experts on Sinusitis. Dr Grossan is the creator of the pulsatile nasal irrigator attachment to Waterpik, an award winning medical device and subject of numerous research studies over the past 20 years. For more information on Dr. Grossan see his bio .