Endoscopic Laser Surgery for Nasal Allergies.

Impact of endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery on nasal airway patency

  Background: Nose is used as a corridor in endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach (EETSA) for pituitary adenoma. Thus, it may affect the nasal airway patency, function and sinonasal-related quality of life. The aim of this study is to objectively and subjectively evaluate these effects.   Methods: In this prospective study, 43 patients with pituitary adenoma who were c...

Endoscopic Laser Treatment for Pediatric Nasal Allergy

We have used the carbon dioxide (CO(2)) laser and the gallium aluminium arsenide (GaAlAs) diode laser with flexible fiber delivery instruments for vaporization of the inferior nasal turbinate in pediatric patients since 1993. Under endoscopic control, the whole inferior turbinate was vaporized by 5-10 W laser output delivered via an optical fiber. Generally, the nasal mucosa changes into normal...

Endoscopic sinus surgery for nasal polyps

Powered Endoscopic Nasal Septal Surgery.

While nasal endoscopy is typically used for diagnosis and sinus surgery, endoscopy can be combined with powered instrumentation to perform nasal septal surgery. Powered Endoscopic Nasal Septum Surgery (PENSS) is an easy, effective and quick alternative to traditional headlight approaches to septoplasty. PENSS limits the dissection to the area of the deviation and markedly reduces the extent of ...

Endoscopic Laser Surgery Handbook

classes contains detailed information on the history of development of the drug, chemistry, mechanism of action, mechanism of resistance, spectrum and degree of antimicrobial activity, pharmacology, toxicity and adverse effects, drug interactions, drug monitoring (if necessary), and therapeutic indications. It is a strength of such a multi-authored text that there is good and consistent chapter...