Key Features:Excellent integration of text, photos, drawings, and videos (Media Center)New edition with approx. 25% more text and 40% more images10 completely new chapters: pathophysiology of rhinosinusitis, sense of smell, applied anatomy, endoscopically assisted bimanual operating technique [sought-after guidance - Simmen developed it!], etc.To reflect recent developments, greatly expanded coverage of anterior skull base surgery (4 new chps.), written by master surgeons (A. Stamm [Brazil], Kris Moe [Washington], Robert Reisch [neurosurgeon, Zurich])Includes current evidence-based guidelines (EPOS 2012, EU Skull Base)

1 Principles of Practice2 Pathophysiology of Rhinosinusitis3 Who? Optimizing Diagnosis and Selection of Patients for Surgery4 When? Medical Treatment and Timing of Surgery5 Preserving and Improving the Sense of Smell6 Why? The Goals of Surgery7 Applied Anatomy for Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery8 How? Operative Procedures: A Step-by-Step Safe and Logical Approach9 An Endoscopic Tour: Endoscopic Examination, Anatomical Variation, and Specific Conditions10 The Place of Radiology11 Preoperative Checklist12 Patient Consent and Information13 Preoperative Aids14 Hints15 Preventing and Dealing with Complications16 Postoperative Management17 Extended Endoscopic Procedures18 The Endoscopically Assisted Bimanual Operating Technique19 Transnasal Endoscopic Approaches to the Skull Base20 Interdisciplinary Teamwork in Transnasal Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery21 Transnasal Endoscopic Surgery of Pituitary Tumors22 Transorbital Surgery of the Skull Base23 Evidence Base in Rhinosinusitis and Endoscopic Sinus SurgeryAppendix: Information for Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Sinus Surgery