Sinus polyps removal and septoplasty

Doug has been having some difficulty breathing lately, so I scheduled an appointment for him to see an ENT.  Dr Evan Bates, was referred to him by Dr Stanley Cohen (the doctor that treated his autoimmune hearing issues).  His first visit was Wednesday, June 12th where he had a sinus xray. He visit revealed he had a visible polyp in his nose and a deviated septum. He wanted him to have a sinus CT to check out his sinuses. He had the sinus CT on Friday, June 15th with a follow-up scheduled for today to get the results of those findings.

Dr Bates showed us his sinus CT.  Doug has one or more polyps in each sinus (Frontal, Ethmoid and Maxillary) on each side of the nose. He has recommened that Doug have these polyps removed (sinus polypectomy) and his deviated septum repaired (septoplasty).  This will be outpatient surgery where he will need to leave splints in his nose for 5 days to allow the septum to heal straight.

Doug will be going back to the ENT next week to have the sinus CT repeated to help with the guidance of the instruments for surgery. A pre-op physical will need to be done followed shortly by the outpatient procedure.

We are hoping the getting all the sinus polyps removed and the deviated septum fixed, his sleep apnea issues will be greatly reduced. 

Here is info about Doug's ENT physician: http://www.swent.com/doctors.html