

With the advancements in surgery techniques, make sure you choose a doctor who is fully experienced in less invasive procedures. Their expertise will speed up your recovery process.
Balloon Sinuplasty is a new surgical technique for treating patients suffering from chronic sinus problems. Balloon Sinuplasty is less invasive than traditional surgery, allows patients quicker recovery, and it has become an important component of the surgical management of sinus disease at The Sinus Center at Northern Lights Clinic.
Using the same general principles derived from angioplasty, Balloon Sinuplasty uses a small, flexible, sinus balloon catheter to open up blocked sinus passageways, restoring normal sinus drainage. When the sinus balloon is inflated, it gently restructures and widens the walls of the passageway while maintaining the integrity of the sinus lining.
The surgeons at the Northern Lights Clinic Sinus Center are the only surgeons in the region certified in this balloon sinuplasty technique and they are currently performing this procedure at all of their locations.
Safe, effective, and convenient, allergy drops are considered by some to be the ideal treatment for allergies. There are several benefits of allergy drops over the traditional allergy shots. Patients can avoid weekly injections. The drops can be administered at home, rather than patients having to receive them in a physician's office. Several double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials have demonstrated their efficacy in patients with allergic rhinitis.
Effective medical treatment of allergies allows optimal outcomes when treating patients with chronic sinusitis. Effective allergy treatment can provide relief for sinus sufferers who are not surgical candidates. Effective allergy treatment is a modality often overlooked by most sinus surgeons.
The sinus surgeons at Northern Lights Clinic utilize image-guided technology when performing sinus surgery. This provides an added level of safety to the patients undergoing surgery and provides the surgeon with another tool to accurately address the anatomic problems that may be causing the patient's recurrent sinus infections.