The vast majority, or even all, of people complain of headache or facial pain at least once in their lifetime. Most of these patients are chronic sinusitis and migraine patients. When evaluating the patient with headache, we definitely do a computed tomography and search for the underlying cause. The forehead, which we call the frontal area, is the most common place for head and face pain.

If the runny nose due to diseases such as cold and flu caused by the viral factors we experience during the winter periods lasts longer than 3 weeks, it is called acute sinusitis. Patients who do not respond to medical treatment, that is, drug antibiotic treatments, may need surgery. In this case, you should definitely see an Ear Nose and Throat Specialist. Today, the most applied surgical procedure for sinusitis operations is the operations performed under general anesthesia, which we call Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. In this operation, which we call F.E.S.S in short, the sinus openings opened into the nose are widened and the inflammation in the sinuses is cleared. If there are anatomical problems due to nasal concha growth, nasal polyps, curvature of the middle bone of the nose, which cause congestion in the nose, these problems are eliminated within the same surgery. Endoscopic sinus surgery is an operation that takes care of the functions of the nose, and its results are very successful.

Surgery performed with the help of endoscopes that show the finest details of the nose and sinuses and with special microsurgical instruments solves the problem of sinusitis to a large extent. The post-operative period is usually easy and the patient can return to his daily activities in a short time since a tampon that completely covers the nose is not used. Patients are usually discharged on the first day of surgery and are followed up on an outpatient basis. After 1 week, patients can return to work. After an early follow-up period of 3 weeks, patients are followed up for a long time.