Transotic Approach
7 Transotic Approach Indications • Some cases of cerebellopontine angle tumor with anterior extension and normal facial nerve function preoperatively (e.g., epidermoids). • Some cases of petrous bone cholesteatoma. •…
Retrosigmoid–Retrolabyrinthine Approach
6 Retrosigmoid–Retrolabyrinthine Approach Indications • Hearing preservation surgery for small vestibular schwannomas (less than 2 cm) with absence of involvement of the fundus of the internal auditory canal. • Hearing…
Temporal Bone Dissection Laboratory
1 Temporal Bone Dissection Laboratory Surgical Instruments A minimum set of surgical instruments is needed in order to carry out a temporal bone dissection that as far as possible imitates…
Primary Endoscopic Surgery of the Maxillary Sinus
11 Primary Endoscopic Surgery of the Maxillary Sinus Amir Minovi and Wolfgang Draf More complex endonasal surgery of the paranasal sinuses was first performed at the beginning of the 20th…
Revision Maxillary Sinus Surgery including Canine Fossa Trephination
12 Revision Maxillary Sinus Surgery including Canine Fossa Trephination Marc A. Tewfik, Simon Robinson, and Peter-John Wormald One of the keys to achieving successful outcomes from functional endoscopic sinus surgery…
Benign Maxillary Sinus Masses
9 Benign Maxillary Sinus Masses Hesham Saleh and Valerie J. Lund The maxillary sinus may harbor any of a large number of benign lesions with a different array of etiologies….
Management of Persistent Maxillary Sinusitis: The View from China
22 Management of Persistent Maxillary Sinusitis: The View from China Geng Xu, Jianbo Shi, Guanxia Xiong, Kejun Zuo, and Abusaleh Muneif When performing maxillary sinus surgery in our practice in…
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…
