The application of fluctuating currents for the treatment of patients presenting with acute suppurative maxillary sinusitis

A total of 78 patients presenting with acute suppurative maxillary sinusitis at the mean age of 51.3 ± 7.8 years were treated with fluctuating currents in combination with traditional medicamental therapy. The control group was comprised of the patients given the conventional conservative treatment alone. The use of fluctuating currents accelerated elimination of inflammation in the paranasal sinuses and promoted restoration of the initial characteristics of nasal mucosa (within 6.4 ± 0.18 days after the onset of the treatment compared with 10.1 ± 0.26 days in the control group). The catamnestic study during a 12 month follow-up period revealed the absence of relapses of the disease in 97.4% of the patients given combined therapy in comparison with 86.5% among those treated only by drug therapy.

acute suppurative maxillary sinusitis, fluctuating currents, laser spectrophotometry, conservative treatment