Role of Frontal Sinus Drainage Pathway Variations in Frontal Sinus Diseases

A Clinico-pathological And Radiological Correlation Of Various Frontal Sinus Diseases With Anatomical Variations Of Frontal Sinus Drainage Pathways At The Level Of Frontal Recess And Osteo-meatal Complex As Detected On Imaging - Cross-sectional Study - NIL

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2024/05/068200

Enrollment

Registered

2024-05-31

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-06-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: J348- Other specified disorders of noseand nasal sinuses

Interventions

Intervention1: Diagnostic Nasal Endoscopy, : 0 and 30 degree rigid endoscopes will be used to diagnose variations at osteomeatal complex and its role in sino-nasal pathologies will be done to know the

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All the patients having frontal sinus diseases and sinonasal pathologies involving frontal sinus aged over 18 years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.History of previous sino-nasal surgery. 2.Contraindications for surgery. 3.Patient with cardiovascular and neurological disorder. 4.Maxillofacial fractures disrupting the frontal recess anatomy, hindering cell identification and frontal sinus drainage pathway

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
NATimepoint: NA	—

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Contribution of frontal cells and drainage pathway variants in the frontal sinus disease pathogenesisTimepoint: Pre-operative at baseline day 0 and histopathological findings after 7 days of reporting time from surgical clearance	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Shraddha Jain

Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research

sjain_med@yahoo.co.in9881836366

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026