Introduction ▪ Vidian neurectomy has been performed to relieve the symptoms of vasomotor rhinitis since the 1960s after being introduced by Golding-Wood as a transantral procedure. ▪ Transnasal endoscopic vidian neurectomy was introduced by Kamel and Zaher and later refined…
Introduction ▪ Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is a well-established treatment for epiphora caused by anatomic or functional obstruction of the nasolacrimal apparatus. ▪ A thorough understanding of the endonasal anatomy, wide marsupialization of the lacrimal sac, and meticulous care of the…
Endoscopic Common Frontal Sinusotomy Introduction ▪ The common frontal sinusotomy, modified endoscopic Lothrop procedure (MELP), or Draf III procedure, is an adaptation of the technique first described by Dr. Harold Lothrop in 1914. Wolfgang Draf popularized the operation in the…