It can be used as therapeutic procedure for: * Acute and chronic maxillary sinusitis not responding to medical treatment. * Chronic infections not responding to treatments. * Irrigating and washing out collected purulent secretions. * Dental maxillary sinusitis. * Oro-antral fistula if associated with sinusitis. * Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis. Though it is indicated only in severe cases not as a regular treatment. It can be also used as diagnostic procedure for: * Carrying out culture and sensitivity test if the returning fluid is mucopurulent or purulent in Chronic Sinusitis. * Exfoliative cytology of the returning fluid to rule out any malignancy.
Antral lavage
Ductal lavage
Omphalotomy
Tubal reversal
Gastroenterostomy
Ileostomy
Replogle tube
Intrauterine pressure catheter