title: Image-guided surgery of the paranasal sinuses and skull base.
abstract: The application of image-guidance technology to sinonasal and skull base procedures has ushered in a new era of surgical approaches to conditions affecting this region. The ability of image-guidance systems to provide the surgeon with enhanced anatomic localization during endoscopic procedures offers the potential for fewer intraoperative complications and improved clinical outcomes. In a remarkably short time, navigation systems have gone from being a curious novelty to a near-necessity in some complex skull base procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, USA. sindwani@slu.edu
authors.forename: Raj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sindwani
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D019291:Skull Base / Q000601:surgery*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods