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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 .
Endoscopic nasopharyngectomy is a form of endoscopic surgery to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma. [1] This type of cancer is commonly treated with radiation therapy and chemotherapy , but endoscopic operation offers an alternative treatment especially when the radiation therapy fails.
Transsphenoidal surgery is a type of surgery in which an endoscope or surgical instruments are inserted into part of the brain by going through the nose and the sphenoid bone (a butterfly-shaped bone forming the anterior inferior portion of the brain case) into the sphenoidal sinus cavity.
With the advent of nasal endoscopes, endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy is becoming popular. In this procedure, a nasal endoscope is used to visualise the lacrimal sac through the nasal cavity. The bone covering the lacrimal sac is nibbled out. The medial wall of the sac is incised or excised, facilitating drainage of tears into the nasal cavity.
ELVIS Procedure; Eminectomy; Endoscopic carpal tunnel release; Endoscopic endonasal surgery; Endoscopic laser cordectomy; Endoscopic nasopharyngectomy; Endoscopic submucosal dissection; Enucleation (medicine) Epidural blood patch
The endoscopic approach to FESS is a less invasive method than open sinus surgery, which allows patients to be more comfortable during and after the procedure. Entering the surgical field via the nose, rather than through an incision in the mouth as in the previous Caldwell-Luc method, decreases risk of damaging nerves which innervate the teeth ...
2 Abstract Although recent legislation has been enacted to require fast-food restaurants to display calorie information on menus, the consequences of posting such information remain unclear.
Endoscopic ear surgery; Endoscopic endonasal surgery; Endoscopic foreign body retrieval; Endoscopic laser cordectomy; Endoscopic mucosal resection; Endoscopic nasopharyngectomy; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty; Endoscopic stenting; Endoscopic submucosal dissection; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy