[Teflon drainage in the complex treatment of children with acute and chronic Highmoritis].

The authors used the drainage method of treatment in 278 children with acute and 640 with chronic highmoritis, the children being from 15 to 14 years old. The use of teflon drainage introduced into Highmore's antrum by means of Kulikorvsky's needle, in the combined treatment of acute and chronic highmoritis, raises considerably the efficacy of the therapy and shortens the period of its application. The drainage method of treatment makes it possible to avoid surgical intervention on the maxillary sinus in the majority of chronic highmoritis cases.