title: How I Do It: The Sphenoethmoidectomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Several techniques for performing the sphenoethmoidectomy have been described. We present a safe, effective, and efficient technique.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We present text, images, and video to demonstrate our preferred technique for performing a sphenoethmoidectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A description of the technique without prospective or retrospective data, whereby a Kerrison rongeur and microdebrider were used to perform a total sphenoethmoidectomy by skeletonizing the skull base and lamina papyracea.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In our hands, the Kerrison rongeur and microdebrider allowed for a reliably safe and efficient sphenoethmoidectomy for chronic sinusitis with or without polyposis or skull base approaches.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The technique described can be added to the armamentarium of the endoscopic sinus surgeon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gudis
authors.forename: Tom K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Karnezis
authors.forename: Zachary M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Soler
authors.forename: Rodney J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Schlosser
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000601:surgery*