Tips for the novice nasal endoscopist

Abstract

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery has been a major advance in management of chronic sinusitis and other sinonasal diseases. However before one embarks on this surgery, the surgical anatomy of this region and its variations should be clearly understood by the surgeon, and the surgical steps of every stage of uperation should be mastered by adequate practice on cadavers. One has to proceed from simple endoscopic surgery to the advanced ones for better results.