[Using a rotating suction debridement instrument with power generator in endonasal paranasal sinus surgery]

HNO. 1996 Feb;44(2):98-100.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Endonasal nasal and sinus surgery using an endoscope for visual control has minimized the risks of surgery. A new technique is presented in which a suction-irrigation endoscope is used for visual control during surgery. The instrument is combined with a suction-rotation microdebrider with different tips and a power generator. The handling of this instrument is easy and atraumatic and it achieves a relatively bloodless field to reduce further the risk of inadvertent penetration of the skull base and lamina papyracea during endoscopic surgery.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Debridement / instrumentation*
  • Electric Power Supplies*
  • Endoscopes*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications / prevention & control
  • Microsurgery / instrumentation*
  • Paranasal Sinus Diseases / surgery*
  • Suction / instrumentation*