Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy (eBook)

This book explains and elaborates upon the procedure of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy in a variety of indications.It systematically deals with the anatomy of the lacrimal drainage system, covering all aspects of gross, endoscopic and radiological anatomy.It discusses extensively on the preoperative assessment involving clinical and radiological evaluation as it is a crucial step towards achieving a successful dacryocystorhinostomy.It uses a lot of clinical and schematic diagrams of the surgical steps, simplifying the layout of the procedure and thus making it very easy for the eye and ENT surgeons to follow the technique. The book covers from basic to the most advanced and minimally invasive procedures likedacryoendoscopy and balloon dacryoplasty.It also provides a few handy tips for the upcoming young oculoplastic surgeons, ENT surgeons and postgraduate students.

Nishi Gupta is currently Associate Director and Head Department of ENT at Dr Shroff`s Charity Eye Hospital (SCEH), New Delhi. She obtained her MS degree from the prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences Wardha, Nagpur university. She has been associated with this institute for close to three decades where she has done extensive work on endoscopic sinus surgeries and microear surgeries.

She has been passionate about endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy.  First editioin of her bookwas published in 2006, second in 2011 with different publishers and here is the third one with Springer. 

She has been conducting live surgery workshops and hands on cadaveric dissection training programe for ENT and eye surgeons. She has presented several scientific papers on varied ENT topics at various national and international conferences and publishedresearch papers in national and international journals. She has the distinction of being an expert on the topic of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy and has been a regular invitee for lectures and surgical demonstration at various endoscopicdacryocystorhinostomy workshops /conferences at national and international levels. This includes Geneva , Hongkong, Athenes, Nepal and Bangladesh. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards at various sinus endoscopic surgery conferences.

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This book explains and elaborates upon the procedure of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy in a variety of indications.It systematically deals with the anatomy of the lacrimal drainage system, covering all aspects of gross, endoscopic and radiological anatomy.It discusses extensively on the preoperative assessment involving clinical and radiological evaluation as it is a crucial step towards achieving a successful dacryocystorhinostomy.It uses a lot of clinical and schematic diagrams of the surgical steps, simplifying the layout of the procedure and thus making it very easy for the eye and ENT surgeons to follow the technique. The book covers from basic to the most advanced and minimally invasive procedures likedacryoendoscopy and balloon dacryoplasty.It also provides a few handy tips for the upcoming young oculoplastic surgeons, ENT surgeons and postgraduate students.