>>> DR. ROBERT PALMER AND
JOINING US NOW.
HI, GUYS.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> DR. PALMER, TELL US ABOUT THE
AMERICAN SINUS INSTITUTE,
BECAUSE YOU TREAT NASAL
ALLERGIES AND OTHER ISSUES THAT
IF LEFT UNTREATED COULD BECOME
>> EXACTLY.
WE DO A MINIMALLY INVASIVE
PROCEDURE THAT REESTABLISHES
VENTILATION AND WHAT IT DOES, IT
GETS RID OF THIS PROBLEM WITH
BREATHING, HEADACHES, PRESSURE,
AND SEE ON.
AND -- SO ON.
AND THAT'S ALL WE DO.
IT'S ABOUT A 15- TO 30-MINUTE
OPERATION.
>> IT DOES.
IT MAKES YOU FEEL 100% BETTER.
THAT'S WHY IT HELPS WITH
ALLERGIES.
HEADACHES.
>> I THINK A LOT OF US
SEASONALLY.
>> YEAH.
IT WAS FACIAL PRESSURE, TROUBLE
BREATHING, HEADACHES, AND JUST
FATIGUE.
AND THEY KEEP ME DOWN SOME DAYS
AND WHEN I GOT TO THIS
INSTITUTE, THEY JUST CHANGED MY
WHOLE LIFE.
>> THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE
BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS THE
SYMPTOMS SOMETIMES AND MOSES OF
US JUST LIVE WITH THEM.
THEM.
AND THIS PROCEDURE DOESN'T DO
ANY DAMAGE TO THE SINUSES.
IT JUST REESTABLISHES
VENTILATION SO IT GETS RID OF
THE SYMPTOMS.
WE HAVE THEM WITH ALLERGIES.
NOW WITH REESTABLISHED
HAVE GOOD BREATHING AND YOU
DON'T GET THE HEADACHES.
>> WHAT WOULD BE THE SYMPTOMS
FOR SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS TO GET
DONE?
>> THIS IS A PATIENT THAT
ROUTINELY THREE OR FOUR TIMES A
YEAR WILL DEVELOP HEADACHES OF
THE FACE, UNDER THE EYES, HAVE
CONGESTION WHERE THEY CAN'T
BREATHE, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY
DEVELOP RECURRING INFECTIONS.
THAT'S THE PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR
THIS OPERATION.
SLEEPING.
>> AND THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.
>> SO ESSENTIALLY, IF THESE
ISSUES ARE CONSISTENTL
THEY'D SEE --
>> THIS ISN'T FOR PEOPLE THAT
HAVE POLYPS OR CHRONIC
SINUSITIS.
THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO NORMALLY
THREE OR FOUR TIMES A YEAR HAVE
PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE LITTLE
OPENINGS BLOCK AND WHEN THEY
BLOCK YOU GET ALL THESE
SYMPTOMS.
WHEN YOU REESTABLISH THAT
VENTILATION, THEN YOU DON'T GET
THE HEADACHES.
>> YOU'RE THE LEADING CLINIC FOR
THIS PROCEDURE.
I KNOW AS TECHNOLOGY HAS GOTTEN
MORE ADVANCED, THE PROCEDURE HAS
GOTTEN LESS INVASIVE.
SO CAN YO DESCRIBE WHAT WE'RE
SEEING ON THE SCREEN?
SINUS.
WHEN THEY GET BLOCKED YOU END UP
WITH SYMPTOMS.
WE IDENTIFY THE LITTLE OPENINGS
AND WE TAKE A BALLOON AND OPEN
THEM UP.
WE PULL IT BACK OUT.
SO AN OPENING THAT'S TWO OR
THREE MILLIMETERS IS NOW SIX OR
SEVEN MILLIMETERS.
SO YOU OPEN UP ALL SIX OF THEM
SO ALL THE SINUSES VENTILATE AND
DO NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE PRESSURE
N. ADDITION, WE TAKE THE MUCOSA
OF THE NOSE AND -- SHRINK IT SO
VENTILATION.
IN DOING THAT, YOU ELIMINATE THE
SYMPTOMS IN A HE HAD AND
SUFFERED WITH.
>> SO DID YOU NOTICE WHEN YOU
HAD YOUR EARS DONE AN IMMEDIATE
LITTLE TIME FOR EVERYTHING TO
HEAL IN THERE AND THEN ALL OF A
SUDDEN YOU WOKE ONE DAY, AND SAY
I CAN BREATHE?
>> IT TOOK ABOUT FOUR DAYS.
AND THEN I COULD -- THE NASAL
RINSES AND THE NASAL DRIPS,
TAKING THOSE AND A COUPLE OF
DAYS AFTER, I COULD JUST BREATHE
LIKE FINE.
>> AND MU ENGSED THAT YOU HAD --
YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD
HEADACHES, DIFFICULTY FALLING
ASLEEP, YOU LOST SOME OF YOUR
DIFFERENCE?
>> OH, YES.
IT'S LIKE NIGHT AND DAY.
IT'S LIKE -- I CAN BREATHE.
I CAN -- YOU KNOW, IN THE
DOWN.
NOW I CAN GO OUTSIDE IN ANY KIND
OF WEATHER.
WHEREAS COLD OR RAINING ONE
MINUTE, IT JUST SUNNY OUTSIDE.
>> I WOULD IMAGINE AS EVERYTHING
OPENS UP AND THAT SENSE OF SMELL
COMES BACK, THAT SENSE OF TASTE
COMES BACK, TOO.
>> HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BREATHE
THROUGH HIS MOUTH AT NIGHT SO HE
GETS A MULL NIGHT'S SLEEP.
SO -- FULL NIGHT'S SLEEP.
SO YOU'RE RESTED IN THE MORNING.
TECHNIQUE.
>> BECAUSE WE ADDRESS EVERY
SINUS EVERY TIME.
WE ALSO ADDRESS THE BREATHING OF
THE NOSE.
AND WE DO THE SAME PROCEDURE.
IT'S A TECHNIQUE THAT WE'RE NOT
JUST VENTILATING.
WE ARE REESTABLISHING BREATHING
THROUGH THE NOSE, WHICH YOU NEED
TO HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD NIGHT'S
SLEEP.
>> IT'S A VERY QUICK PROCEDURE.
AND SOUNDS LIKE THE RECOVERY
TIME IS NOT MUCH AT ALL.
>> 15 TO 30 MINUTES AND THE
OTHER BEAUTY, WE DON'T SEND THEM
HOME WITH THEIR NOSE PACKED.
SURGERY.
YOU HAD YOUR NOSE PACKED FOR
>> BLOCKED.
YOU COULDN'T BREATHE.
HE GOES HOME WITHOUT PACKING IN.
BETTER.
WITHIN THREE DAYS, MUCH, MUCH
BETTER AND HE CAN GO BACK TO
WORK.
SO THE DOWNTIME IS MUCH LESS.
>> IT'S AN OUTPATIENT SURGERY.
YOU HAVE A FEW DAYS OF HEALING.
>> AND YOU GO HOME AND YOU'RE
BREATHING THROUGH YOUR NOSE TH
NIGHT.
>> IF SOMEONE THINKS THEY'RE
HAVING AN ISSUE, WHAT'S THE
FIRST STEP?
>> SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT.
WE DO A CT SCAN OF YOUR SINUSES.
DO A GOOD HISTORY OF WHAT YOUR
SYMPTOMS ARE.
AND THEN ONCE WE FEEL LIKE YOU
WOULD BENEFIT FROM IT, JUST A
MATTER OF HAVING IT SET UP AND
DOING THE PROCEDURE.
>> AND THE SCAN, YOU CAN SEE
BLOCKAGE ONCE DO YOU THE SCAN?
>> EXACTLY.
>> PRETTY COOL.
>> ALSO INTERESTING TO ME.
JUST THAT 15 MINUTE CAN MAKE
SUCH A DIFFERENT IN SOMEBODY'
LIFE.
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, CALL