title: [Complications of endonasal micro-endoscopic ethmoid bone operation].
abstract: We examined the frequency and site of major complications after intranasal micro-endoscopic ethmoidectomy. Injury of the orbital periostium was significantly more frequent on the right than on the left side, but there was no side predominance for damage to the dura mater. Surgery on the lamina papyracea and the lateral wall of the sphenoid sinus is more dangerous on the side on which the surgeon stands during the operation. The use of the microscope, the endoscope and preoperative CT scan of the paranasal sinuses helps to avoid major complications.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für HNO-Krankheiten, Städtisches Klinikum Fulda.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Draf
mesh_terms: D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D019723:Endoscopes; D015521:Ethmoid Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Komplikationen der endonasalen mikroendoskopischen Siebbeinoperation.