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To present our experience of maxillary fungus ball treated by the \u201cgauze technique\u201d that avoids these removal difficulties.<jats:italic> Materials and Methods<\/jats:italic>. A retrospective, cross-sectional, and descriptive study of 25 patients affected by maxillary fungus ball was carried out: 19 were treated by the \u201cgauze technique\u201d and 6 were treated without \u201cgauze technique.\u201d<jats:italic> Results<\/jats:italic>. A comparison was made between the two groups for surgery procedure time, length of hospitalization, time from surgery to nasal unpacking, complications, and postsurgical patient satisfaction. The only statistically significant difference observed was a shorter surgical procedure time (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn fontstyle=\"italic\">0.05<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>) for the \u201cgauze technique.\u201d<jats:italic> Conclusions<\/jats:italic>. 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