OBJECTIVES Extensive fractures involving the anterior and posterior tables of the frontal sinus are treated by frontal sinus cranialization. During this procedure, the disrupted posterior wall of the frontal sinus is removed, the sinus mucosa is drilled away, and the brain and dura are permitted to rest against the repaired anterior wall and sinus floor. Conventionally, the area originally occu...

Frontal sinus infection after incorrect treatment of an opened frontal sinus may require extended approaches. This article aims to introduce modified cranialization technique and secondary cranioplasty for frontal sinus infection involving the frontal sinus outflow tract after craniotomy. Eight patients with delayed onset frontal sinus infection involving frontal outflow tract after craniotomy ...

The surgical treatment of frontal sinus fractures is foreshadowed by fears of late complications. Complications such as meningitis and mucoceles should be prevented by cranialization or obliteration of the frontal sinus. These procedures are still standard treatment despite of recent developments over the last two decades in endoscopic sinus surgery, in medical imaging and surgical instrumentat...

OBJECTIVE To compare frontal sinus cranialization to obliteration for future prevention of secondary mucocele formation following open surgery for benign lesions of the frontal sinus. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING Tertiary academic medical center. PATIENTS Sixty-nine patients operated for benign frontal sinus pathology between 1994 and 2011. INTERVENTIONS Open excision...

An inverted papilloma of the frontal sinus is a challenging lesion for surgeons, both anatomical and pathological reasons. Despite trend away from an external approach towards endonasal endoscopic approach, indications remain. The options include trephination, transpalpebral orbital craniotomy, supraorbital transeyebrow osteoplastic flap, bifrontal craniotomy with cranialization. Each has advan...

frontal sinus fractures are of surgical importance because of the microbial flora covering the frontal air sinus and it's proximity with the duramater and brain. there is an increased risk of meningitis when fracture of the posterior wall of the frontal sinus is associated with a dural tear. in this condition, communication occurs between the contaminated space of the air sinus and the int...

INTRODUCTION Giant frontal mucocele (GFM) is an extremely rare cause of frontal lobe syndrome. Subdural empyema (SDE) is an uncommon complication of paranasal sinisutis, for which craniotomy and decompressive craniotomy are the most effective surgical procedures. CASE REPORT A 54-year-old man was brought unconscious to the Emergency Room where recurrent generalized seizures occurred. Heroine ...

Treatment of frontal sinus fractures depends on the structures involved: the anterior wall, the posterior wall and the nasofrontal duct. It may vary from the correction of the defect in the anterior wall to the cranialization with obliteration of the nasofrontal duct. The inversion of the frontal sinus's anterior wall to correct the defect in the fractured region is a good treatment option for ...

Frontal sinus fractures are of surgical importance because of the microbial flora covering the frontal air sinus and it's proximity with the duramater and brain. There is an increased risk of meningitis when fracture of the posterior wall of the frontal sinus is associated with a dural tear. In this condition, communication occurs between the contaminated space of the air sinus and the intr...