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Stapedectomy is a surgical procedure in which the stapes bone is removed from the middle ear and replaced with a prosthesis. If the stapes footplate is fixed in position, rather than being normally mobile, the result is a conductive hearing loss .
Endoscopic Stapedotomy Endocopic view of the ear with the piston inserted into the stapedotomy. There are various methods to treat otosclerosis. However the method of choice is a procedure known as stapedectomy. [29]
Endoscopic minimally invasive tympanoplasty was proposed by Professor Tarabichi in 1999 approach using endoscopic access through the ear canal without making any incision. [5] This has gained popularity with the general shift of all surgical techniques towards minimally invasive approaches and Endoscopic ear surgery.
Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) is a surgical procedure in which a portion of the sympathetic nerve trunk in the thoracic region is destroyed. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ETS is used to treat excessive sweating in certain parts of the body ( focal hyperhidrosis ), facial flushing , Raynaud's disease and reflex sympathetic dystrophy .
Endoscopic endonasal surgery is a minimally invasive technique used mainly in neurosurgery and otolaryngology. A neurosurgeon or an otolaryngologist, using an endoscope that is entered through the nose, fixes or removes brain defects or tumors in the anterior skull base .
Therapeutic endoscopy is the medical term for an endoscopic procedure during which treatment is carried out via the endoscope. This contrasts with diagnostic endoscopy, where the aim of the procedure is purely to visualize a part of the gastrointestinal, respiratory or urinary tract in order to aid diagnosis.
Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing with Sensory Testing (FEESST), is essentially a Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) procedure with a formal sensory test (also known as laryngopharyngeal sensory testing) protocol included used to elicit the Laryngeal Adductor Reflex (LAR) directly using air pulses or direct touch with an endoscope.
The wound itself takes a long time to heal; the aim of minimally invasive surgery is reduce tissue trauma and the associated bleeding and risk of infection by minimizing the size of the incision. [2] [3] Some minimally invasive spine surgery may be performed by a spinal neurosurgeon or an orthopedic surgeon and a trained medical team.