Of course not. Each case is different depending on which sinuses are diseased. A CT scan helps to determine in which sinus is disease present. If disease is present, the openings into the frontal sinuses, the sphenoid sinuses can be enlarged to allow improved drainage and the remaining ethmoid sinuses can be opened up to allow improved drainage. All patients will have varying degrees of pain after sinus surgery.
Pain can be as little as minor discomfort for a few days to severe pain for a few weeks.
The typical patient after a standard sinus surgery will have moderate discomfort for about two weeks. There will also be a bunch of crusting of mucous and old blood in the nose that will drive you crazy since most surgeons advise against blowing the nose for a couple of weeks. The two most serious complications, however, are injury to the eye and surrounding structures and injury to the brain and surrounding structures. The chance of eye complications after sinus surgery is very low. The most common significant eye complication is double vision.