Overview

Balloon sinuplasty is a little-invasive treatment for chronic sinusitis. In the treatment, a medical expert fills a tiny balloon in your sinus cavity. The balloon widens the area, so mucus built up in your sinuses can drain more efficiently. You may need the procedure if medications have not eased your symptoms.

What is balloon sinuplasty?

Balloon sinuplasty is a minimally invasive sinusitis or chronic sinusitis procedure. A healthcare professional inserts and inflates a tiny balloon into your sinus cavity during the procedure. As it expands, it dilates your sinuses to drain any accumulated mucus more freely.

Some patients with chronic sinus symptoms may be treated using balloon sinuplasty instead of endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS).

What conditions are balloon sinuplasty used to treat?

Millions of people have chronic sinusitis. It can result in frustrating, persistent symptoms like a runny nose and stuffiness. Most people's symptoms can be eased by medical treatment, including antibiotics. However, if symptoms last over 12 weeks, the doctor might recommend balloon sinuplasty or endoscopic sinus surgery. Both procedures heal sinusitis without requiring cuts in or around your nose.

Medical professionals have been performing balloon sinuplasty since 2005. The procedure has seen increased popularity over time because providers can perform it in medical offices and hospitals.

What happens before this procedure?

Before balloon sinuplasty, the doctors press into action computed tomography or CT scans for the effective outcome of the treatment.

What happens during this procedure?

The patient may be given balloon sinuplasty in a hospital or medical office. Before the procedure, they are administered anaesthesia so that they do not feel pain or trauma during the operation. The patient is put on an operating table if you're in an operating room. The physician will:-

Spray a topical decongestant into your nose to help control any bleeding during the procedure.
Inject a local anaesthetic into one area of the lining of your nose.
To insert a catheter, insert a thin tube with a light at the end, called an endoscope, through your nostril.
Insert the catheter down your nostril to deliver a tiny balloon into your sinuses.
Inflate the balloon slowly to unblock your sinuses.
Deflate and remove the balloon (repeating this if necessary).

The patient was allowed to sit in a reclining chair before the procedure:-

Apply a topical decongestant to your nose.
Apply an anaesthetic spray before using additional anaesthetic to thick cotton pads.
Take out the pads and inject a local anaesthetic into some tissue that lines your nose.
Put a catheter into your nose through a thin tube with an end of a light attached called an endoscope.
Pass a tiny balloon into your sinuses through the catheter.
Inflate the balloon to open up your sinuses.
Deflate and remove the balloon (repeating as needed).

Is balloon sinuplasty painful?

No, balloon sinuplasty isn't usually painful. Most people feel pressure in the nose while it is being done. If you are looking for treatment, you may have some soreness in the nose afterwards. You may take over-the-counter pain medicines to relieve it. Your physician will tell you what medicines are okay to take and what to avoid after balloon sinuplasty.

What occurs after balloon sinuplasty?

You will stay at the hospital or office until you can go quickly. Most healthcare providers advise getting someone to bring you up and drop you off from your appointment. Your health care provider can write a follow-up visits and tests schedule that looks like this:-

Seven days after the procedure: Follow-up visit and nasal endoscopy
Three months after the procedure: Follow-up visit that entails nasal endoscopy

What are the advantages of balloon sinuplasty?

Despite being a safe and minimally invasive method to cure chronic sinusitis, balloon sinusitis is a lasting treatment that heals faster.

What are the risks or complications of the procedure?

Few people who have balloon sinuplasty develop complications. However, like with any procedure, they can happen. Complications after balloon sinuplasty may be:-

Damage to the tissue around your eye
Cerebrospinal fluid leaks (your sinuses are close to your brain, which is lined with this fluid)
Reaction to the anesthetic
Bleeding
Infection

Your symptoms may come back. If they come back, you may require another balloon sinuplasty or another treatment option, including endoscopic sinus surgery.

How long is recovery?

You might be required to stay home and rest for 24 to 48 hours following your balloon sinuplasty. Your care team might recommend that you do the following to heal:-

Do not blow your nose for 24 to 48 hours.
Rinse your nose with nasal spray.
If you are congested, sleep with your head higher than your body.
Don't do strenuous activity for the first week after your surgery.

Most people are well on their way to a full recovery and back to normal in the next week or two.

When to contact the hospital?

Most people who have balloon sinuplasty have some bloody nasal drainage. That's completely normal. Call your doctor if your nose is bleeding a lot and you can't control the bleeding.

Ask your doctor about other symptoms to look out for that could be a sign of a complication.

Why choose Tender Palm Super-Speciality Hospital for Balloon Sinuplasty in Lucknow, India?

Tender Palm is the Best ENT Hospital for Balloon Sinuplasty in Lucknow, India. Our experienced ENT specialists and surgeons use advanced endoscopic techniques to safely and effectively treat chronic sinusitis without external incisions. We provide personalised treatment plans, minimal downtime, and rapid relief from nasal blockage, facial pressure, and sinus-related headaches.