THERAPEUTIC USES AND METHODS OF DELIVERY OF VISCOUS COMPOSITIONS DURING PRE AND POST SURGICAL PERIODS, FOR TREATMENT OF RESPONSIVE DISEASES OF THE EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT

摘要

A medication or combination of medications for the treatment of a disease involving the sinuses is incorporated into a sterile medical gel. The viscosity of the gel or the adhesion of the gel to the patient's sinus cavity allows the gel to be maintained in the cavity for a sufficient length of time for treatment of the affected area, thereby reducing the amount of wasted medication that would otherwise result from other topical methods. In one embodiment, the medicated gel comprises a sterile viscous gel having a viscosity sufficient to be maintained within a paranasal sinus cavity after insertion, and a medication dispersed in the sterile viscous gel.