title: Transnasal approach to the orbit, the interorbital space, and the nasopharynx.
abstract: We present a surgical procedure that provides exposure to the medial part of the orbit, the interorbital space, and the nasopharynx. A midline incision of the nose is followed by a pedicled osteotomy of the lateral nasal wall and the medial wall of the orbit in one piece. This transnasal approach provides good exposure to the medial parts of the craniofacial junction to remove foreign bodies or benign tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Howaldt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ortiz-Monasterio
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Velasco
mesh_terms: D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000601:surgery; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000601:surgery*; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D009915:Orbit / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery