The Pterygopalatine Fossa
19 The Pterygopalatine Fossa Belachew Tessema, Jean Anderson Eloy, and Roy R. Casiano The pterygopalatine fossa (PPF) is a pyramidal space with incomplete osseous boundaries located among the maxillary, sphenoid,…
Management of Persistent Maxillary Sinusitis: The View from Japan
23 Management of Persistent Maxillary Sinusitis: The View from Japan Keiichi Ichimura Buoyed by the sentiment that the Japanese economy could “no longer be termed postwar,” Japan’s gross national product…
Balloon Sinuplasty for the Maxillary Sinus
14 Balloon Sinuplasty for the Maxillary Sinus Winston C. Vaughan and Roy F. Thomas Chronic rhinosinusitis affects 31 million adults in the United States each year, resulting in direct annual…
Learning from Two Difficult Cases: Transmaxillary Approaches to the Pterygopalatine Space
27 Learning from Two Difficult Cases: Transmaxillary Approaches to the Pterygopalatine Space Hwa J. Son and Rakesh K. Chandra Prior to advances in instrumentation for endoscopic sinus surgery, access to…
Caldwell–Luc Surgery
17 Caldwell–Luc Surgery Paul T. Russell and Samuel S. Becker Before the advent of Caldwell–Luc surgery in the 1890s, maxillary sinus disease had been treated by antral washout through the…
Learning from a Difficult Case: Accessing the Anterolateral Maxillary Sinus
25 Learning from a Difficult Case: Accessing the Anterolateral Maxillary Sinus Richard J. Harvey Aggressive exposure is not necessary for inflammatory disease. There are 90- and 120-degree microdebriders (Medtronic, Jacksonville,…
Management of Persistent Maxillary Sinusitis: The View from India
21 Management of Persistent Maxillary Sinusitis: The View from India Ramesh C. Deka and Venkatakarthikeyan Chokkalingam Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is defined as the mucosal inflammation of the nose and paranasal…
The Maxillary Sinus and Surgical Treatment of Graves Orbitopathy
20 The Maxillary Sinus and Surgical Treatment of Graves Orbitopathy Man-Kit Leung and Ralph B. Metson Graves disease is a systemic autoimmune disorder that can affect the thyroid, skin, and…
The View in Support of Middle Turbinate Resection
16 The View in Support of Middle Turbinate Resection Leslie A. Nurse and James A. Duncavage As was stated in Chapter 15, the middle turbinate (MT) is an important landmark…
Orbital Complications of Maxillary Sinusitis
8 Orbital Complications of Maxillary Sinusitis D. S. Sethi and B. Forer In this chapter, we will describe the relevant anatomy, physiology, and pathogenesis of orbital complications of maxillary sinusitis….
