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Management of intracranial complications of sinus surgery.
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America 2004 April
Endoscopic sinus surgery has an impressive and continually im-proving safety record. Increasing surgical experience and improved techniques and equipment make this procedure fundamentally safe. Anatomic variations, extensive disease, and the tight confines that the sinuses occupy between the skull base and orbits, however, do allow the possibility of untoward events. Many of these complications are minor, but the potential for significant morbidity, including blindness, diplopia, cerebrospinal fluid fistula with or without meningitis, intracranial brain injury, and hemorrhage from internal carotid artery injury, is real. This article discusses the avoidance and management of these complications.
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