[Use of local oxygenation and dimexide in the treatment of suppurative maxillary sinusitis in children].

In search for high-efficacy therapy for childhood sinusitis, the author developed a unit providing a long-term perfusion followed by local oxygenation the maxillary sinuses. Intrasinus administration of 10% dimexide solution did not produce a negative effect on the ciliated epithelium. Out of 52 patients treated, cure within 2-year follow-up was achieved in 49 subjects. All the sufferers with maxillary sinusitis recovered. The disease relapsed in 5 cases. In control group treated by long-term drainage with local antibiotics recurrent inflammation was registered in 12 out of 52 cases.