The diagnosis and treatment of the diseases of the nose, paranasal sinuses and skull base have changed dramatically in the past few years, transforming rhinol ogy in one of most exciting and attractive medical fields. The increasing advance in this area has addressed the ENT physicians to keep up with the expanding information in the high tech area of sinus surgery and its expansion into skull base surgery. The intention of this book is to present in a unique way basic information on Anatomy, Endoscopy, Rhinomanometry, Imaging, Allergy, Nasosinus Infection, and Polyposis followed by by clinical and surgical chapters written by some of the most experienced rhinosurgeons around the world. We belive that this book will be of value for all levels of Otolaryngology, from house officers to experienced surgeons and, although principally for Otolaryngologists, Radiologists, Patholo gists, Maxillofacial surgeons, Ophthalmologists, Neurosurgeons, and Infectious Diseases Specialists may find the book of value because of its overlap with their interests. We would like to show that, both from the technical and conceptual points of view, success can be achieved using different techniques and philosophies. Cer tainly, both endoscopic instrumentation and the surgical microscope have proved to be of great assistance in nasal and sinus surgery, and now image systems are providing further progress.

1 Development and Use of Microscopic and Endoscopic Surgery of the Nose and Sinuses

2 Surgical Anatomy of the Nose, Paranasal Sinuses and Pterygopalatine Fossa
3 Endoscopic Diagnosis: Nasosinus Disorders
4 Rhinomanometry
5 Imaging of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses
6 Immunology and Allergy of the Nose and Sinuses
7 Bacterial, Viral and Fungal Infections of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses
8 Nasal Polyps
9 Sinusitis: Medical Management
10 Biomechanical Effects of the Ethmoidal Isthmi on the Pathogenesis of Chronic Paranasal Sinusitis
11 Pre-operative Staging, Grading and Post-Operative Follow-Up of Chronic Inflammatory Sinus Disease
12 Surgical "Grading" System for Inverting Papilloma
13 Teaching and Learning in Endonasal Sinus Surgery
14 Micro-endoscopic Surgery of the Turbinates and Nasal Septum
15 Surgical Approaches to Sinusitis: Overview of Techniques
16 High-Risk Areas in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
17 Micro-endoscopic Surgery of the Paranasal Sinuses
18 Combined Microscopic and Endoscopic Surgery of the Ethmoid Sinus
19 Micro-endoscopic Surgery of the Maxillary Sinus
20 Endonasal and External Micro-endoscopic Surgery of the Frontal Sinus
21 Mini-anterior and Combined Frontal Sinusotomy and Drilling of Nasofrontal Beak
22 Recurrence of Polyposis: Risk Factors, Prevention, Treatment Follow-Up
23 What Is the Place of Endonasal Surgery in Fungal Sinusitis?
24 Combined Fiberoptic Headlight and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery with Adjunct Use of Middle-Meatal Stenting
25 Sinus Mucosal Wound Healing Following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: Mucosal Preservation
26 Wound Healing after Endonasal-Sinus Surgery in Time-Lapse Video: a New Way of Continuous In Vivo Observation and Documentation in Rhinology
27 Pediatric Endoscopic EndonasalSinus Surgery
28 Micro-endoscopic Sinus Surgery in Children
29 Revision Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
30 Power Instrumentation in Rhinologic and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
31 Image-Guided Surgical Navigation in Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
32 Severe Epistaxis: Micro-endoscopic Surgical Techniques
33 Choanal Atresia: Transnasal Micro-endoscopic Surgery
34 Endoscopic Transnasal Dacryocystorhinostomy
35 Endonasal Surgery of the Lacrimal System
36 Endoscopic Transnasal Orbital Decompression
37 Endoscopic Optic-Nerve Decompression in Traumatic Optic Neuropathy
38 Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea - Transnasal Micro-endoscopic Surgery
39 Endoscopic Repair of Cerebrospinal-Fluid Rhinorrhea
40 Endonasal Micro-endoscopic Surgery of Nasal and Paranasal-Sinuses Tumors
41 Micro-endoscopic Surgery of Benign Sino-Nasal Tumors
42 Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma - Transantral Microsurgical Approach
43 Endoscopic Approach to Lesions of the Anterior Skull Base and Orbit
44 Endonasal, Microscopic, Trans-Septal, Sphenoidal Approach to the Sella and Parasellar Lesions
45 Transnasal Endoscopic Surgery of Sellar and Parasellar Regions
46 Midfacial Degloving - Microsurgical Approach
47 Complications of Micro-endoscopic Sinus Surgery.