THERE'S A VIEW OF MILLER
OUTDOOR THEATRE.
FROM FACIAL PRESSURE TO
HEADACHES AND CONGESTION, YOU
CAN GET RID OF PAINFUL SINUS
SYMPTOMS WITHOUT SACRIFICING
ANY KIND OF COMFORT.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD DEAL.
>> HERE TO EXPLAIN IS DR.
MICHAEL KAPLAN WITH KAPLAN
SINUS RELIEF.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> SO YOU'RE A LOCAL HOUSTONIAN.
YOU WENT TO BELLAIRE HIGH
SCHOOL?
>> YES, I DID.
>> WE LOVE THAT.
WHAT SETS YOU GUYS APART FROM
OTHER PLACES IS YOU ACTUALLY
OFFER A SEDATION METHOD TO HELP
PEOPLE RELAX A BIT MORE.
EXPLAIN THAT.
>> AT KAPLAN SINUS RELIEF, WE
OFFER I.D. SEDATION, WHICH
MEANS YOU'RE COMING TO THE
OFFICE, WE PUT AN I.V. IN YOUR
OFFICE, YOU FALL ASLEEP, YOU
WAKE UP, IT'S OVER WITH AND
YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED
BY OPENING UP THE SINUSES,
ALLEVIATING THE SINUS PRESSURE,
CONGESTION AND PAIN.
>> DOES THAT PUT YOU IN THE
TWILIGHT ZONE INSTEAD OF ASLEEP?
>> YOU'RE ACTUALLY ASLEEP AND
WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU DON'T
REMEMBER ANY OF IT.
>> THAT'S AMAZING.
>> IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
WEEKEND.
I KNOW A LOT OF US WERE OUT,
AND WHAT'S CRAZY IS YOU GET IN
YOUR CAR AND YOU KNOW HOW IT'S
COATED IN THAT GREEN POLLEN.
THIS CAUSES PROBLEMS FOR A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
>> THAT GREEN POLLEN IS WHAT'S
STIMULATES YOUR ALLERGIES,
CAUSING THE SINUS PRESSURE AND
CONGESTION.
AT KAPLAN, WE CAN RELIEVE THOSE
PROBLEMS, AND BY DILATING THE
SINUSES, WE ALLEVIATE THE
CONGESTION AND PRESSURE EVEN IF
YOU'RE OUT THERE EXPOSED TO
THAT POLLEN.
>> AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE,
IT'S NOT JUST TEMPORARILY
DISCOMFORT.
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE'S
PAIN AND PRESSURE AND CHRONIC
AND THEY'RE UNABLE TO FOCUS ON
ANYTHING.
>> ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN UNRESPONSIVE TO
THE MEDICATIONS, WHO ARE
RELYING ON MEDICATIONS DAILY,
WEEKLY, THERE ARE OPTIONS.
>> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHEN
SOMEBODY COMES IN, SINUPLASTY,
WHERE MAYBE IF YOU HAVE A
DEVIATED SEPTUM.
>> THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE
WHO COME IN AND THEY'VE GOT
EITHER A DEVIATED SEPTUM AND
LARGE VALVES THAT CAN GET
ENLARGED AND PLUGGED UP, OR
EVEN PATIENTS WHO COME IN FROM
TIME TO TIME WITH SNORING
ISSUES AND WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
>> CAN YOU ALSO HAVE VOCAL
ISSUES AS WELL?
>> IT CAN CAUSE A CHRONIC COUGH
AND HOARSENESS, ABSOLUTELY.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT VIDEO OF
THE PROCEDURE.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU ROUTINELY
DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
FOR PEOPLE UNFAMILIAR WITH THIS
PROCEDURE, EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS.
>> IMAGINE YOU HAVE AN HOUR
GLASS.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT AN HOUR GLASS
IS.
THE TOP HALF IS THE SINUS.
THE BOTTOM HALF IS THE NOSE.
THE NARROW HALF IS WHAT DRAINS
THE MINUS.
HERE YOU SEE THE BALLOON GOING
THROUGH THAT NARROW CHANNEL UP
INTO THE SINUS BEHINTHE
FOREHEAD
THEN YOU TAKE THE BALLOON OUT.
>> YOU ONLY NEED A SMALL AMOUNT
OF INFLATION, 12 ATMOSPHERE OF
PRESSURE
IT PERMANENTLY DILATES THAT
NARROW NECK OF THE HOUR GLASS
OPENS UP PERMANENTLY AND THAT'S
WHAT ALLEVIATES THE CONGESTION.
>> AND THE BALLOON COMES OUT,
RIGHT?
>> THE BALLOON COMES OUT.
>> WHEN YOU SAY IT OPENS UP THE
SINUSES IS THERE, IT OPENS UP
THAT CHANNEL, DOES THAT JUST
MEAN THAT THE PATIENT HAS A
SINUS THAT'S ABLE TO DRAIN SO
THOSE CONGESTION ISSUES GO AWAY?
>> EXACTLY.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO
OBTAIN DRAINAGE WHERE THERE
ISN'T ANY SO, BY OPENING UP
THAT NARROW CHANNEL AND
OBTAINING DRAINAGE, THAT'S WHAT
ALLEVIATES THE CONGESTION, THE
PRESSURE, THE PAIN.
>> HEADACHES.
>> HEADACHES, ALL OF IT.
>> YOU TRAIN OTHER DOCTORS HOW
TO DO THIS.
>> YES.
I AM A CONSULTANT FOR THE
COMPANY THAT MAKES THE BALLOON
AND ON ANY GIVEN WEEK, I HAVE
ONE OR TWO DOCTORS FROM THE
EAST COAST, WEST COAST, NORTH,
SOUTH, I'VE BEEN TRAINING
DOCTORS SINCE 2012 FOR THI
>> SO YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS
FOR 21 YEARS NOW?
>> I'VE BEEN IN PRACTICE FOR 21
YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE
2012, PROBABLY DILATED ABOUT
1900 PATIENTS AT THIS POINT.
>> WHAT IS THE RECOVERY TIME
LIKE?
>> MOST OF THESE ARE DONE ON
FRIDAYS.
IT GIVES PEOPLE THE WEEKEND TO
RECOVER.
BY MONDAY, YOU'RE BACK TO WORK.
>> THAT'S AMAZING.
DO YOUR PATIENTS HAVE THAT
INITIAL OH MY GOODNESS RIGHT
AFTER SURGERY, OH MY GOODNESS,
THIS IS WHAT BREATHING IS LIKE?
>> MANY OF THEM DO.
THERE'S INITIALLY SOME
CONGESTION, BUT WITHIN A WEEK
OR TWO, YOU'RE BEGINNING TO
BREATHE BETTER THAN YOU HAVE IN
YEARS, AND THAT'S ROUTINE.
>> IF SOMEONE OUT THERE IS
THINKING, OKAY, I HAVE SOME OF
THESE SYMPTOMS BUT I'M NOT
QUITE SURE IF I HAVE A PROBLEM,
HOW DOES SOMEONE KNOW WHEN THE
PROBLEM IS SEVERE ENOUGH FOR
THEM TO COME AND SEE YOU AND
HAVE A PROCEDURE DONE?
>> WHEN YOU'RE SUFFERING FROM
THESE SYMPTOMS THAT WE
MENTIONED, IT'S IMPACTING YOUR
QUALITY OF LIFE, YOU'VE BEEN
TREATED BY YOUR PRIMARY CARE
DOCTOR, YOU'VE TRIED
OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS,
YOU'RE MISSING DAYS OF WORK,
IT'S IMPACTING YOUR LIVELIHOOD,
THAT'S THE TIME.
>> SO PEOPLE ON ANTIBIOTICS,
THAT MAY BE THE SOLUTION.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT ON
A REGULAR BASIS, THAT'S THE
TIME TO COME AND SEE ME.
>> AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
SYMPTOMS WE'RE SEEING THERE ON
THE SCREEN.
NASAL OBSTRUCTION, CONGESTION,
HEADACHES, PRESSURE, EVEN
LIGHTHEADEDNESS, CHRONIC COUGH.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> INTERESTING THAT BAD BREATH
IS ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS.
>> BECAUSE OF THE DRAINAGE CAN
DRIP DOWN THE BACK OF THE
THROAT ONTO THE TONGUE.
IT CAUSES BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH.
IT SOUNDS YUCKY, BUT, YEAH,
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE
CAN ALLEVIATE.
WHO KNEW, BAD BREATH CAUSED BY
SINUS PROBLEMS.
DR. KAPLAN, THANK YOU FOR
COMING IN.
TO SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT,