An overview of balloon sinuplasty
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An Overview of Balloon Sinuplasty By Pamela Berkowsky
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A Fulbright Scholar and magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University, Pamela Berkowsky has expertise in the healthcare arena, garnered from years of experience in both the public and private sectors. As Deputy and then Chief of Staff to the Governor, Pam Berkowsky served as a key member of the Virgin Islands Health Reform Task Force, established to address the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in the V.I. Years earlier, Pamela Berkowsky founded Virgin Islands Ear, Nose & Throat (VIENT) with her husband, an otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon. A state-of-the-art medical and surgical practice, VIENT has recently begun offering a new sinus surgery known as balloon sinuplasty.
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An Overview of Balloon Sinuplasty
By Pamela Berkowsky
IntroductionA Fulbright Scholar and magna cum laude graduate of
Princeton University, Pamela Berkowsky has expertise in the healthcare arena, garnered from years of experience in both the public and private sectors. As Deputy and then Chief of Staff to the Governor, Pam Berkowsky served as a key member of the Virgin Islands Health Reform Task Force, established to address the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in the V.I. Years earlier, Pamela Berkowsky founded Virgin Islands Ear, Nose & Throat (VIENT) with her husband, an otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeon. A state-of-the-art medical and surgical practice, VIENT has recently begun offering a new sinus surgery known as balloon sinuplasty.
About Sinus SurgeryA number of advances have been made in sinus surgery in
recent years, notably the in-office procedure known as balloon sinuplasty. Compared to traditional sinus surgery, one of the advantages of the new procedure is the lack of incisions that must be made, as well as the patient’s ability to have no bone or tissue removed. The procedure is based around a flexible, balloon-like catheter which is slipped into the affected sinus. After insertion, it is gradually inflated in order to expand the blocked passageway without compromising the sinus lining. While the passage is open, the balloon sprays saline into the sinus in order to dissolve and dislodge any pus or mucus that may be causing the blockage. Patients are able to resume normal activity on the same day.
