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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Otolaryngology Volume 2012, Article ID 501896, 5 pages doi:10.1155/2012/501896 Clinical Study Role of Osteoplastic Frontal Sinus Obliteration in the Era of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Joshua B. Silverman,1 Stacey T. Gray,2, 3 and Nicolas Y. Busaba2, 3 1 Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA 2 Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA 3 Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Nicolas Y. Busaba, nicolas busaba@ Received 1 July 2012; Revised 25 August 2012; Accepted 3 September 2012 Academic Editor: Nobuyoshi Otori Copyright © 2012 Joshua B. Silverman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. Determining the indications for osteoplastic frontal sinus obliteration (OFSO) for the treatment of inflammatory frontal sinus disease. Study Design. Retrospective case series from a single tertiary care facility. Methods. Thirty-four patients who underwent OFSO for chronic frontal sinusitis (n = 23) and frontal sinus mucocele (n = 11) comprised our study group. Data reviewed included demographics, history of prior frontal sinus operation(s), imaging, diagnosis, and operative complications. Results. The age range was 19 to 76 years. Seventy percent of patients with chronic frontal sinusitis underwent OFSO as a salvage surgery after previous frontal sinus surgery failures, while 30%