An ethmoidectomy is an FESS procedure that removes infected tissue and bone between the ethmoid sinuses to create larger sinus cavities. Learn about the risks and benefits of ethmoidectomy.

An ethmoidectomy removes infected tissue and bone in the ethmoid sinuses that blocks natural drainage. The surgeon views your ethmoid sinuses with an endoscope, a thin flexible tube with a very small camera and light at the end of it.

2022年2月3日 · An ethmoidectomy‍ is a surgical procedure that can effectively treat⁤ chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps, and other conditions that affect the ⁤ethmoid sinuses. The procedure is usually successful in improving sinus symptoms and overall quality of life.

The surgical description is for a primary ethmoidectomy and maxillary antrostomy, using the Messerklinger technique. The eyes should be protected, but accessible to the surgeon, and checked periodically for evidence of increase in pressure due to intraorbital hemorrhage.

FESS procedures are usually done under general anesthesia. The procedure can last from 1 to 3 hours, depending on your particular condition. During an ethmoidectomy, your Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) surgeon passes a narrow tube called an endoscope into your nose.

Endoscopic ethmoidectomy refers to exen-teration of the anterior +/- posterior ethmoid cells. The ethmoids are in close proximity to the orbit and its contents, the optic nerve, the sphenoid sinus, the paper-thin cribriform plate with meninges above, the …

At minimum, an anterior ethmoidectomy is performed to identify the medial orbital wall, which is essential prior to the commencement of any drilling. However, depending on the indications or prior surgery, bilateral sphenoethmoidectomies may be performed or completed thus identifying the skull base and anterior ethmoidal artery.

Bilateral anterior and posterior ethmoidectomy: entering the ethmoid bulla inferomedially, the lamina papyracea comes into view and should be preserved during the ethmoidectomy. Exposure of the frontal recess and of the anterior ethmoidal artery: opening the agger nasi air cell highlights the posterior wall of the frontal recess, which leads to ...

2021年8月13日 · The surgical limits were-anteriorly the junction between ant 2/3 and post 1/3 of the vocal cord, posteriorly just anterior to the vocal process of arytenoid to prevent cartilage exposure and post operative granulations.

2021年12月11日 · Endoscopic ethmoidectomy refers to exenteration of the anterior +/- posterior ethmoid cells. The ethmoids are in close proximity to the orbit and its contents, the optic nerve, the sphenoid sinus, the paper-thin cribriform plate with meninges above, the ethmoidal arteries and the olfactory nerves.