Introduction ▪ The osteoplastic flap with obliteration of the frontal sinus was considered the mainstay of surgical management of the frontal sinus in the 1950s and 1960s. ▪ The osteoplastic approach to the frontal sinus was first described in 1894…
Introduction ▪ Endoscopic craniofacial resection (CFR) has emerged as an alternative to the traditional CFR originally credited to Ketcham in 1963. ▪ The standard craniofacial approach for tumor resection combines a transfacial approach via a lateral rhinotomy or midface degloving…
Introduction ▪ Medial maxillectomy is a procedure historically used for the removal of benign and low-grade malignant tumors of the medial aspect of the maxilla, lateral nasal wall, ethmoid sinuses along the lamina papyracea, and the lacrimal sac. ▪ The…