Owing to the increasing recognition of the importance of sinus infection in relation to respiratory and systemic diseases, during the last few years there has been a renewed interest in the pathology and bacteriology of sinus infections and also in the end-results of the various methods of treatment. These are the fundamentals on which any therapy must be based.
Among many others, my co-workers and I have been carrying on investigations along these lines during the past four years at the University of Oregon Medical School. Whether this research brings out anything new, or simply serves to refresh our memory and clarify our ideas of what is already known, we think it may be useful. Three previous reports have been presented, and what we now offer is the result of further research into some of the problems considered before.
POSTOPERATIVE REPAIR IN THE SINUSES
During the last two or three