title: [Using a rotating suction debridement instrument with power generator in endonasal paranasal sinus surgery].
abstract: Endonasal nasal and sinus surgery using an endoscope for visual control has minimized the risks of surgery. A new technique is presented in which a suction-irrigation endoscope is used for visual control during surgery. The instrument is combined with a suction-rotation microdebrider with different tips and a power generator. The handling of this instrument is easy and atraumatic and it achieves a relatively bloodless field to reduce further the risk of inadvertent penetration of the skull base and lamina papyracea during endoscopic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Innsbruck.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Völklein
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Thumfart
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Sprinzl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pototschnig
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gunkel
mesh_terms: D003646:Debridement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D019723:Endoscopes; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation*