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This is the only book dedicated solely to frontal sinus disorders. It is a richly illustrated and comprehensive mine of information on the anatomy and management of these disorders. This updated second edition offers much new information. Additional topics include balloon dilation, frontal surgery as part of skull base surgery, and advances in endoscopic techniques and tools that have occurred since 2004 and have made open osteoplastic procedures almost obsolete. The anatomy and surgery of the supraorbital ethmoid cell and its significance in the pathology of frontal sinus disease are also covered. Throughout the book, particularly important areas of text are highlighted and core messages, emphasized. Videos of described procedures are available online.
List of contents
History of Frontal Sinus Surgery.- Radiologic Anatomy of the Frontal Sinus.- Surgical Anatomy and Embryology of the Frontal Sinus.- Acute Frontal Sinusitis.- Chronic Frontal Rhinosinusitis: Diagnosis and Management.- Microbiology of Chronic Frontal Sinusitis.- Orbital Complications of Frontal Sinusitis.- CNS Complications of Frontal Sinus Disease.- Frontal-Orbital-Ethmoid Mucoceles.- Pott's Puffy Tumor.- The Frontal Sinus and Nasal Polyps.- Allergy and the Frontal Sinus.- The Role of Fungus in Diseases of the Frontal Sinus.- Frontal Headache.- Pediatric Frontal Sinusitis.- Frontal Sinus Fractures.- Frontal Sinus Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks.- Benign Tumors of the Frontal Sinuses.- Frontal Sinus Malignancies.- The Endoscopic Frontal Recess Approach.- Revision Endoscopic Frontal Sinus Surgery.- Image-Guidance in Frontal Sinus Surgery.- "Above and Below" FESS: Simple Trephine with Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Endonasal Frontal Sinus Drainage Type I-III According to Draf.- Endoscopic ModifiedLothrop Procedure.- Frontal Sinus Rescue.- Endoscopic Trans-septal Frontal Sinusotomy Frontal Sinus Stenting.- Complications of Frontal Sinus Surgery.- Open Approaches.- Osteoplastic Frontal Sinusotomy and Reconstruction of Frontal Defects.
Summary
This is the only book dedicated solely to frontal sinus disorders. It is a richly illustrated and comprehensive mine of information on the anatomy and management of these disorders. This updated second edition offers much new information. Additional topics include balloon dilation, frontal surgery as part of skull base surgery, and advances in endoscopic techniques and tools that have occurred since 2004 and have made open osteoplastic procedures almost obsolete. The anatomy and surgery of the supraorbital ethmoid cell and its significance in the pathology of frontal sinus disease are also covered. Throughout the book, particularly important areas of text are highlighted and core messages, emphasized. Videos of described procedures are available online.
