Image-guided transnasal endoscopic surgery of the paranasal sinuses and anterior skull base.

Endoscopic Surgery of the Paranasal Sinuses and Anterior Skull Base

TRANSNASAL ENDOSCOPIC APPROACH FOR SINONASAL INVERTED PAPILLOMA

Inverted papillomas of the nose and paranasal sinuses are uncommon neoplasms, characterized by their tendency to occur and by their association with malignancy. In the past decade there has been a trend toward the use of endoscopic surgical techniques in the management of these tumors. This article presents the results of a prospective study of24 patients with inverted papilloma resected by...

Comprehensive management of the paranasal sinuses in patients undergoing endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery.

OBJECTIVE The endonasal route often provides the most direct and safe approach to skull base pathology. In this article we review the literature with regard to management of the paranasal sinuses in the setting of skull base surgery. METHODS We describe our institutional experience and review the literature of concurrent management of the sinusitis in patients undergoing endoscopic skull base...

Image-guided endoscopic transsphenoidal removal of pituitary tumours.

BACKGROUND With continuing advancements in minimally invasive endoscopic nasal and sinus surgical techniques, image-guided endoscopic transsphenoidal approaches to the pituitary gland and anterior skull base have progressively become more popular. METHODS Clinical records were reviewed retrospectively from 2001 to 2006. Twenty-nine consecutive patients with pituitary tumours underwent transna...

Robotic surgery for the sinuses and skull base: what are the possibilities and what are the obstacles?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Robotic surgery in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery has become a valuable tool in certain anatomic approaches; however, its application in surgery of the paranasal sinuses and anterior skull base is still in an investigatory phase and requires further evaluation. RECENT FINDINGS Existing robotic surgical systems face particular limitations in their application at the s...