title: [Sphenoid sinus surgery].
abstract: Sphenoid sinus surgery due to specific localization is placed in otolaryngologists and neurosurgeons field of interest. Surgery of this area, from one side, causes number of problems, which usually arise due to close neighbourhood of important structures, but on the other, serves as alternative approach, eliminating necessity of extended operations with craniotomies. The article summarizes results of sphenoid sinus surgery at ENT Department, University of Medical Sciences in Poznan between 1990 and 2003, as well as points out characteristic features of the surgery in this specific localization.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Otolaryngologii i Onkologii Laryngologicznej AM w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Szyfter
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wróbel
authors.forename: Włodzimierz
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liebert
authors.forename: Lukasz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borucki
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome