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6   Standard Operations for Acute and Chronic Sinusitis Endoscopic sinus surgery has basically emerged from the operative treatment of chronic empyema or chronic hyperplastic sinusitis. The following description of standard…

2   Endoscopic Anatomy of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses Anatomical textbooks and atlases offer very accurate descriptions of the structure and topography of the nose and the paranasal sinuses, but…

1   Concepts of Intranasal Surgery of the Paranasal Sinuses Intranasal endoscopic surgery of the paranasal sinuses has essentially been developed for the treatment of chronic sinusitis. Only a few decades…

12   Results of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Personal Experience Introduction Looking back on 30 years of intense active involvement in endoscopic sinus surgery, I have to admit many advances and refinements…

11   Neoplasia and Tumorlike Lesions Indications •  Diagnostic biopsy and postoperative control •  Mucopyoceles, retention cysts •  Expansive polyposis •  Granulomas •  Osteoma •  Fibroma, neuroma, adenoma •  Juvenile angiofi broma •  Inverted papilloma •  Squamous-cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma…

8   Failures and Repeat Surgery Indications •  Planned or involuntary two-stage operations •  Persistent or new disturbance of nasal respiration •  Persistent or recurrent sinusitis •  Olfactory disturbance •  Postoperative complications •  Surgical errors •  Inadequate aftercare…

3   Preoperative and Postoperative Diagnosis The old wisdom that a surgeon’s excellence is based more on his skill in diagnosing and indicating than on his manual dexterity is particularly valid…

9   Trauma Indications •  Foreign bodies •  Impalement and gun shot, open injury •  Midfacial and orbital fracture •  Skull base fracture, dural defects •  Complications of endoscopic sinus surgery Principles A great variety of…

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…

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…