Instrumentarium
4 Instrumentarium During recent decades, with the growing popularity of endoscopic sinus surgery, a great variety of useful instrumentshave been designed. Special sets are offered by different companies, labeled with…
Complications of Sinusitis
7 Complications of Sinusitis Indications • Perifocal inflammation of facial soft tissues • Chemosis, nasolacrimal stenosis • Orbital abscess or phlegmon, optic nerve neuritis • Mucopyocele • Osteitis, osteomyelitis • Meningitis, brain abscess • Focal spread Principles…
Malformations
10 Malformations Indications • Thornwaldt cyst and other cysts • Choanal atresia • Dysplasia of the nasal septum and conchae • Osler disease • Spontaneous dural fistula • Meningoencephalocele Principles From a surgical point of view,…
Anesthesia and Patient Positioning
5 Anesthesia and Patient Positioning Torsten Birkholz, Martin Marsch Introduction Endonasal surgery poses several specific complications in terms of anesthetic management and operative positioning. Adequate analgesia and control of blood…
Historical Overview
13 Historical Overview Current endoscopic surgery of the nasal sinuses derives its stimulus from two sources: intranasal surgery extending back to the nineteenth century, and sinuscopy, which was originally used…
