This atlas is a careful step-by-step guide to endoscopic sinus surgery. The book offers exciting firsthand accounts of modern advanced endoscopic sinus procedures by the specialists who pioneered these approaches around the world. In the first part of the book the surgical anatomy of the nose and sinuses and the basic surgical techniques are described. The second part deals with advanced techniques and postoperative care.
The detailed, step-by-step narratives - integrated with many intraoperative photographs - accurately convey both surgical fundamentals and nuances. A methodical review of the author's opinion on each procedure's rationale and execution are demonstrated analyzing results and potential complications. For each procedure the authors give a piece of advice ("golden rules"). This atlas will help to design and implement well-coordinated surgical approaches to sinus disease.

Contents: Part I. Anatomy and Basic Techniques: Endoscopic Anatomy of the Nose and Sinuses; The Endoscopic Nasal Exam; Endoscopic Surgery Technique; Maxillary Sinus; Anterior and Middle Ethmoid; Posterior Ethmoid; Sphenoid Sinus; Frontal Sinus; Inferior Turbinate; Middle Turbinate.- Part II. Advanced Techniques and Postoperative Care: Computer Image Guided Endoscopic Surgery; Endoscopic Endonasal Management of Fractures of the Medial Orbital Wall; Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy; Endonasal Endoscopic Orbital Decompression; Endoscopic Clipping of the Sphenopalatine Artery; Postoperative Care.- Bibliography.