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Sinus

In anatomy and medicine, a sinus is a hollow cavity, channel or pocket within the body. The term most commonly refers to the paranasal sinuses, the air-filled spaces within the bones of the skull surrounding the nose, including the frontal, maxillary, ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses, which lighten the skull, warm and h…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 19× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2379-8572 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

In anatomy and medicine, a sinus is a hollow cavity, channel or pocket within the body. The term most commonly refers to the paranasal sinuses, the air-filled spaces within the bones of the skull surrounding the nose, including the frontal, maxillary, ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses, which lighten the skull, warm and humidify inhaled air, and drain into the nasal cavity. The word is also used for venous sinuses, such as the dural venous sinuses that carry blood within the head, and for an abnormal sinus tract, a narrow passage that can form between an infection or abscess and a body surface. Disorders of the sinuses range from inflammation and infection (sinusitis) and cysts to surgical and reconstructive procedures involving the sinus walls. Otolaryngology Advances and related OpenAccessPub titles publish substantial work on the sinuses across these meanings: studies address dental and frontal sinus infections and cysts, the anatomy of the maxillary sinus ostium, sinus augmentation and lift procedures using bone-graft materials, complications of chronic ethmoidal sinusitis including venous sinus thrombosis, and validated outcome measures for sino-nasal disease. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to the sinuses and their associated conditions and procedures.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2022

Sub-Xiphoid Abscess and Sinus after Open Heart Surgery

Dosoky Elayouty HamdyCorresponding author
Prof. of CT Surgery at Suez Canal University and Abo-Khalifa Emergency Hospitals; Ismailia; Egypt
Exact topic Clinical Case Reports and Images doi:10.14302/issn.2641-5518.jcci-22-4171

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 19 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Sinus, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Otolaryngology Advances (ISSN 2379-8572).

Journal editorial board
Ioannis Chatzistefanou · Greece Heather Bortfeld · United States Heidi Silver · United States

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.