[Hazards and complications of ethmoidal surgery].
The most important publications concerning the complications following transnasal ethmoid surgery are reviewed by the authors who underline the dangers in this type of surgery: meninges, the orbit and orbital elements especially the muscles, the extra-orbital portion of the optic nerve and the internal carotid artery. A great prudence during surgical procedure is emphasized as well as the necessity of a perfect knowledge in scannographic and endoscopic anatomy of ethmoid to avoid the inflation of these complications.
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D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008578:Meninges; D009900:Optic Nerve; D009915:Orbit; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Dangers et complications de la chirurgie éthmoïdale.