Endoscopic Surgery of the Paranasal Sinuses and Anterior
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wigand, Malte Erik / Iro, Heinrich / Birkholz, Torsten, PUBLISHER: Georg Thieme Verlag, Wigand (otorhinolaryngology, U. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany) describes the concepts, anatomy, and procedures for endoscopic sinus surgery, focusing on those taught at the Erlangen Clinic for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis, trauma, malformations, and neoplasms. This edition includes revised chapters on diagnosis, instrumentation, and anesthesia, with a new section on the transcranial exposure of the anterior skull base and paranasal cavities and revisional surgery. Other revisions are to discussions of the pathophysiology of rhinosinusitis and its surgical therapy, and standard interventions and their modifications for the management of inflammatory complications, trauma, malformation, and neoplasia. About 600 illustrations and new schematic drawings are included.