van der Velden M A, Verzijlenberg F
Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 1984 Oct 15;109(20):793-9.
The surgical treatment of eighty-nine horses and ponies suffering from chronic empyema of the maxillary sinus is reported. Treatment consisted in trephination and drainage of the sinus involved in thirty-six animals; the affected teeth were removed at the same time in fifty-three animals in which sinusitis was caused by an alveolitis. The recovery rate was seventy-five per cent in group one and seventy per cent in group two. Postoperative treatment is also reported and attention is paid to complications which may occur during and after surgery.
本文报告了89匹马和小马慢性上颌窦积脓的手术治疗情况。36匹马采用了鼻窦环锯术及引流术进行治疗；53匹因牙槽炎引发鼻窦炎的马匹在手术时同时拔除了患牙。第一组的治愈率为75%，第二组为70%。文中还介绍了术后治疗方法，并关注了手术期间及术后可能出现的并发症。
