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Unlike other sinusitis, the treatment is most often surgical. Only few studies reporting the recurrence rates with long-term follow-ups are available in the literature. In our experience, isolated sphenoid sinusitis tends to have a significant recurrence rate after a first surgical intervention. This study aims to describe our experience with patients operated for isolated sphenoid sinusitis and to compare our reoperation and complication rates with those reported in the literature.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted an electronic chart review of patients operated at the CHU de Qu\u00e9bec between 2007 and 2018 for isolated sphenoid sinusitis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>29 patients were analyzed. All patients had a sphenoidectomy with a transnasal approach. The reoperation rate was 10.3% (3\/29) and the mean recurrence time was 15 (9\u201326) months. Among the patients reoperated, 2 patients had a fungus ball and one had a mucocele. Both patients with fungal balls had reossification of their sphenoidal ostium whereas the patient with the mucocele rather had a mucosal closure. No patient encountered any serious post-operative complication. Median duration of follow-up was 44 months (IQR: 25\u201368) for the 29 patients analyzed in our study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Reoperation rates reported in the literature are probably underestimated. Our series emphasizes the importance of long-term follow-up for these pathologies. Highly inflammatory and chronic conditions such as fungal diseases could be linked to an increase in the occurrence of relapses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Highlights<\/jats:title>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijscr.2020.12.091","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,2]],"date-time":"2021-01-02T11:27:30Z","timestamp":1609586850000},"page":"18-23","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Surgical treatment of isolated sphenoid sinusitis - A case series and review of literature"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"79","author":[{"given":"No\u00e9mie","family":"Villemure-Poliquin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sylvie","family":"Nadeau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R1-5-20260114","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"124","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0034-1397337","article-title":"Differential diagnosis and treatment of isolated pathologies of the sphenoid sinus: retrospective study of 46 cases","volume":"19","author":"Marcolini","year":"2015","journal-title":"Int. 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