Main description:

Endoscopic Approaches to the Paranasal Sinuses and Skull Base

With the continuing evolution of endoscopic techniques for surgery of lesions of the paranasal sinuses and skull base, and the reduced morbidity associated with this minimally invasive modality, the method has gained widespread use in recent years. This work offers a thorough review of all endoscopic approaches for access to the nose and paranasal sinuses and, through them, to the skull base. Central to this guide is the emphasis on profound knowledge of the complex anatomy in this area, as well as the many vital structures that can be endangered there. To this end, more than 900 full-color images, most photographs from cadaver dissections, are put to brilliant use.

Key Features:

Internationally renowned specialists and pioneers from Europe and the United States as editors and contributors
Full-color photos from fresh cadaver dissections illustrate all steps for each approach
Specific anatomic landmarks as revealed during each step are detailed, providing confidence in spatial orientation
Correlative CT sections provide crucial additional information
Risks and potential complications are included, as well as methods to reduce them

Endoscopic Approaches to the Paranasal Sinuses and Skull Base is intended as an indispensable guide for residents, fellows, and specialist surgeons in otolaryngology, neurosurgery, and skull base surgery.

Contents:

Section 1 Introduction

1 Evolution of Skull Base Surgery: The Multidisciplinary Team Approach

2 Three-Dimensional Anatomy of the Skull Base: The Ventral Pathway

Section 2 Anatomy of the Lateral Nasal Wall and the Paranasal Sinuses

3 Endoscopic Lateral Nasal Wall and Anterior and Posterior Ethmoid Sinus Dissection

4 Frontal Sinus and Draf Approaches

5 Sphenoid Sinus

6 Medial Maxillectomy

7 Anterior and Posterior Ethmoidal Arteries

8 Sphenopalatine and Maxillary Arteries

Section 3 Anterior Cranial Fossa

9 Transcribriform Approach

10 Endoscopic Transtuberculum Transplanum Approach

11 Suprasellar Approach to the Third Ventricle

12 Endoscopic Sellar Approach

13 Cavernous Sinus Approach

14 Endonasal Endoscopic-Assisted Intraorbital Approach

15 Transorbital Neuroendoscopic Approach

Section 4 Middle Cranial Fossa

16 The Anteromedial Corridor via the Expanded Endonasal Approach: The "Front Door to Meckel's Cave"

17 Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to Intrapetrous Carotid Artery

18 Anterior Endoscopic Petrosectomy

Section 5 Clivus and Posterior Cranial Fossa

19 Pituitary Gland Transposition and Retrosellar Approach

20 Transclival Approach

21 Endoscopic Approaches to the Craniovertebral Junction

22 The "Far Medial" (Transcondylar/Transtubercular) Approach to the Inferior Third of the Clivus

23 Jugular Foramen Approach

Section 6 Pterygopalatine and Infratemporal Fossa

24 Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to Pterygopalatine Fossa

25 Infratemporal Approach

26 Nasopharyngectomy

Section 7 Combined Endoscopic-Transcranial Approaches

27 Transbasal/Subfrontal-Transcribriform Approach to Anterior Skull Base

28 Retrosigmoid-Transclival Approach

29 Far Lateral-Craniovertebral Approach

30 Anterior Transpetrosal Approach versus EEA Transclival Approach

Section 8 Basic Landmarks in Expanded Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

31 Intracranial Vascular Anatomy

32 Anteromedial Corridors to the Cranial Nerves

33 Bony Landmarks

Section 9 Reconstruction Techniques

34 The Pedicled Nasoseptal Flap

35 Middle and Inferior Turbinate Flaps

36 Anterior and Posterior Pedicle Lateral Nasal Wall Flaps

37 Pericranial and Temporoparietal Fascia Flaps