title: [Severe complications after endonasal nasal sinus surgery. An unresolved problem].
abstract: Functional endoscopic sinus surgery is one of the most common procedures in our field. Despite modern techniques, major and even fatal complications may occur. We describe 3 cases of unilateral blindness due to retrobulbar hematoma and one case of an internal carotid artery injury with fatal outcome.
authors.affiliation: HNO-Klinik, Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH. jens.oeken@skc.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oeken
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bootz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000601:surgery*; D019315:Retrobulbar Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D017211:Treatment Failure