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antrostomy

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antrostomy /an·tros·to·my/ (an-tros´tah-me) the operation of making an opening into an antrum for purposes of drainage.
an·tros·to·my (n-trst-m)
n.
The surgical formation of an opening into an antrum.

antrostomy [an-tros´tah-me]
incision of an antrum with drainage.

antrostomy (antros´tmē),
n a surgical opening into an antrum, either through the medial wall into the nose or through the lateral wall into the oral cavity.


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In our patient, the previously placed middle meatal antrostomy drained directly into the middle meatus and then posteriorly over the inferior turbinate to the nasopharynx.
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