Index

Agger nasi cell, 58

Anterior skull-base resection, 99 Anteroposterior (AP) approach, 2 Anulus of Zinn, 84, 86

Carotid artery, 84 Choanal arch, 21

Columnellar measurements, 7–8, 53 Cribriform plate, 90

Dacryocystorhinostomy, 72

Ethmoid artery anterior, 70 posterior, 70

Ethmoid cells anterior, 39 bulla, 32, 36, 58 posterior, 44

Eustachian tube orifice, 19 Extended sinusotomy

frontal, 89 maxillary, 95

[Extended sinusotomy] sphenoid, 97

Foramen rotundum, 68 Frontal cell, 58

Frontal recess, 58 Frontal sinus, 58 Frontal sinusotomy

frontal recess approach, 58 transeptal approach, 90

Globe, 86

Greater palatine nerve, 68

Hasner’s valve, 73

Hiatus semilunaris, 28

Inferior meatus, 20 Inferior rectus muscle, 86 Inferior turbinate, 20 Inferior turbinoplasty, 22 Infraorbital nerve, 37, 96 Infundibulum, 28

Instrumentation, 9

Internal maxillary artery, 64 Intersinus septum

frontal sinus, 89, 94 sphenoid sinus, 97

Intranasal examination, 20

Lamina papyracea, 79

Lothrop procedure, 89

Maxillary sinus, 32 natural ostium, 28

Medial maxillectomy, 95 Medial rectus muscle, 86 Middle meatal anstrostomy, 32

ridge, 5, 36, 56 Middle meatus, 20 Middle turbinate, 20

basal lamella, 44 Middle turbinoplasty, 25

Nasal septum, 20 Nasofrontal suture/bone, 93 Nasolacrimal duct, 20, 72 Nasolacrimal sac, 20, 72 Nasopalatine nerve, 63 Nasopharynx, 21

Olfactory nerve, 90 Operating room setup, 12 Optic chiasm, 83

Optic nerve

canalicular segment, 83 decompression, 83 orbital segment, 88 sheath, 83

Opticocarotid recess, 83 Orbital apex, 83

Orbital decompression, 79 Orbital dissection, 86 Orbital fat, 79

Orbital floor, 36, 44, 50 Ostiomeatal complex, 2

Patient positioning, 12 Periorbita, 79 Perpendicular plate, 89 Pituitary fossa, 97 Posterior fontanelle, 32 Posterior nasal choana, 21

Posteroanterior (AP) approach, 4 Pterygomaxillary fossa, 68 Pterygopalatine canal, 68

Sella turcica, 97 Septoplasty, 23 Skull-base neoplasms, 99

Sphenoethmoidal recess, 20, 48 Sphenoid ostium, 48

Sphenoid rostrum, 97 Sphenoid sinus, 48 Sphenoid sinusotomy, 3, 48 Sphenopalatine foramen, 63 Superior turbinate, 20, 48 Suprabullar cells, 46, 58 Supreme turbinate, 20

Uncinate process, 28

Uncinectomy, 28

Vidian foramen, 63

Vidian nerve, 63