With Balloon Sinuplasty, a specially-designed catheter is inserted into the nose to reach the blocked sinus cavity. A small balloon is slowly inflated, which widens and restructures the walls of the sinus passage, helping to drain mucus from the blocked sinus and restore normal sinus drainage without cutting and with minimal bleeding. This approach also preserves the natural structure of the sinuses.Published clinical data shows that Balloon Sinuplasty provides symptom relief for the majority of patients:

In the operating room:

• A multi-center study of 1,036 patients who had Balloon Sinuplasty reported that sinus symptoms improved in 95 percent of patients at an average follow-up period of 9 months.

• Another multi-center study followed 65 patients who had Balloon Sinuplasty and reported clinically and statistically significant improvement in patient symptoms out to two years.

In the office:

Acclarent office-based sinus dilation is:

• Safe and effective, with clinically and statistically significant improvement in symptom and radiographic scores

• Practical, with 93.2% of sinuses successfully dilated and evidence suggesting suitability for patients with mild/moderate ethmoid disease

• Compelling for patients, with the majority of patients returning to normal activity within 2 days of the procedure.

• At the 1 year follow up, following office-based balloon sinuplasty, significant improvements in quality of life observed at 24 weeks were maintained at 1 year post-surgery. These extended results provide further evidence of office-based Balloon Sinuplasty as an effective, minimally invasive procedure for appropriately selected patients with CRS.