[Endoscopic surgery of the sinus: own experiences].

In the Clinic of Otolaryngology Central Clinical Hospital Military School of Medicine in Warsaw in years 1992-1996 there were performed 187 endoscopic operations of nose and paranasal sinuses. Authors analised own material paying particular attention to indications, benefits and failures of these operations. Authors postulate that indications for clinical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of this technique should be considerably extended in diseases of nose and paranasal sinuses. The application of endoscopic sinus surgery in our Clinic decreased the number of more extended operations of paranasal sinuses.