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ON (B)(6) 2014, A (B)(6) YEAR OLD MALE WITH A HISTORY OF CHRONIC SINUS DISEASE AND ASTHMA UNDERWENT ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY AND TWO PROPEL SINUS IMPLANTS WERE PLACED BILATERALLY IN THE ETHMOID SINUSES. THE PT WAS PLACED ON ANTIBIOTICS FOR 10 DAYS POST OPERATIVELY. ON DAY ONE POST-OP PACKING WAS REMOVED AND DAILY SALINE SINUS IRRIGATIONS WERE STARTED. ON (B)(6) 2014 (2 WEEKS POST-OP), THE PT COMPLAINED OF A SIGNIFICANT HEADACHE, DECREASE IN VISUAL ACUITY, AND OCULAR PAIN. DURING THE 2 WEEK POST-OPERATIVE VISIT, THE PHYSICIAN OBSERVED BOTH PERI-ORBITAL AND LAMINA PAPYRACEA INFLAMMATION; HE OPTED TO REMOVE THE IMPLANTS AND PLACED THE PT ON A ORAL STEROIDS. THE PT WAS REFERRED TO AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST, WHO DID NOT OBSERVE ANY OCULAR PATHOLOGY OR PRESCRIBE ANY ADDITIONAL MEDICATIONS. A CT SCAN WAS PERFORMED AND IT WAS REPORTED ON (B)(6) 2014, THAT THE SINUSES WERE CLEAR OF ANY SUBSEQUENT ISSUES. THE PT'S EYE SYMPTOMS HAD LESSENED, HOWEVER HE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE HEADACHES. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON INFO AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY AT THE TIME THE REPORT WAS DUE FOR SUBMISSION AND MAY NOT REFLECT ALL INFO THAT MAY ULTIMATELY BECOME AVAILABLE THROUGH REQUESTS OR ANALYSIS.