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Preoperative CT Before Balloon Sinus Dilation: Most Comply — But One-Third of Surgeons Perform Procedures Without Recent Imaging
A Medicare claims analysis found that 15% of balloon sinus dilation (BSD) procedures lacked a CT within one year; 31.8% of otolaryngologists were outliers, with a small subset accounting for the majority of missed imaging—highlighting gaps in adherence to imaging standards.
