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The physiological and pathophysiological aspects of the maxillary sinus

Among the paranasal sinuses the maxillary sinus with a bottle neck ventilatory and drainage pathway is the commonest sinus to be involved in inflammatory pathologies .With limited intervention at the osteo-meatal unit the disturbed intricate mucociliary physiology of the sinus tends to revert. The surgery being aptly captioned, the “functional endoscopic sinus surgery”. The unique physio-pathology of the maxillary sinus shall be elaborated.