Atlas of Frontal Sinus Surgery

lt;b>David Lobo is currently Director of the endoscopic sinus surgery course at the Hospital Virtual Valdecilla, Santander, Spain. He is a Member of the Academic Commission, a Coordinator and a Professor of the Own Master's Degree in Advanced Rhinology and Anterior Skull Base of the International University of Andalusia. He received his medical degree from the University Autonoma of Madrid, Spain, and his doctoral thesis was awarded by the Spanish Society of Otolaryngology and Facial Cervical Pathology (SEORL). He trained at the Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, and completed his training at the Leighton Hospital, UK, and at the Emory University in Atlanta, USA. He completed a Head and Neck and Skull Base fellowship at the Skull Base Unit, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain. He delivered many lectures at national and international courses and congresses. He authored a book on Surgical Ergonomics, and several book chapters and articles in national and international journals of Otolaryngology. He has led as senior researcher many competitively funded research projects in Madrid and Santander. He led a funded research project on sinus surgery ergonomics, and patented a system to improve ergonomics during endoscopic skull base surgery. He is currently a member of the Nanomedicine group of the IDIVAL Health Research Institute. His main research areas are endoscopic sinus surgery, sensorineural hearing loss, and surgical ergonomics.

Jaime Viera Artiles is a fellowship-trained rhinologist and skull base surgeon, with a degree obtained at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He also co-directs a sinus surgery course with Dr. Lobo and is an instructor in a neuroendoscopic course at the University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain. He gives yearly lectures about frontal sinus surgery at the national Spanish meeting and is the first author of several international publications in the rhinology field. He is a member of a surgical innovation research group in Cantabria (IDIVAL) and leads funded research projects on sinus surgery innovation. At the moment, he has patented several devices related to spatial orientation in endoscopic sinus surgery and COVID-19 safety. He is also part of the junior board of the European Rhinology Society.

Javier Ospina is currently leading research projects in the field of rhinology and skull base surgery, at the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá and the National Cancer Institute, Bogotá, Colombia. He completed his Clinical/ Surgical Fellowship - Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is an International member of the North American Skull Base Society (NASBS). He has a great experience in the management of complex oncologic and skull base pathologies at the National Cancer Institute, Bogotá, Colombia. He co-authored many papers and chapters on otolaryngology.

Part !) Preparations.- Chapter 1) An Overview of Frontal Sinus Surgery: Past, Present and Future.- Chapter 2) Training in Frontal Sinus Surgery.- Chapter 3) Frontal Sinus Classical and Endoscopic Anatomy.- Chapter 4) Indications of Frontal Sinus Surgery.- Chapter 5) Preoperative Medical Management.- Chapter 6) Classification of the Frontal Sinus Anatomy, the Extent and Complexity of the Frontal Sinus Endoscopic Surgery.- Chapter 7) Surgical Planning: Three-dimensional Imaging, Stereolithography and Virtual Surgery.- Chapter 8) Ergonomic Aspects and Instrumentation in Frontal Sinus Surgery.- Part II) Step by Step Procedures.- Chapter 9) Frontal Balloon Sinuplasty: Frontal Sinus Surgery Without Tissue Removal.- Chapter 10) Cells Removal - Draf Type I and IIa.- Chapter 11) The Vertical Bar Concept in Frontal Recess and Frontal Sinus Surgery.- Chapter 12) Bone Removal. Grade 4-5: Partial Removal of Frontal Sinus Floor. Draf IIb.- Chapter 13) Bone Removal Grade 5 (Complete Removal of Unilateral Frontal Sinus Floor) Including Eloy IIC, IID, IIE, IIF.- Chapter 14) Bone Removal. Grade 6: Draf III.- Chapter 15) Frontal Sinus Surgery (Draf III) as a Previous Step to a More Complex Technique Chapter 16) Frontal Sinus Surgery (Draf III) as a Previous Step to More Complex Techniques Part 2.- Chapter 17) External Approaches to the Frontal Sinus. Osteoplastic Flaps With or Without Frontal Sinus Obliteration.- Chapter 18) Indication for Frontal Sinus Trephination Procedure.- Chapter 19) The Place of Riedel-Mosher's Procedure in Contemporary Sinus Surgery.- Chapter 20) The Importance of Frontal Sinus Surgery in Craniofacial Resection. Endoscopic, Open and Combined Approaches.- Chapter 21) Frontal Sinus Tumors.- Chapter 22) Transorbital Approach to the Frontal Sinus.- Chapter 23) Revision Surgery of the Frontal Sinus.- Chapter 24) Treatment of Frontal Sinus Trauma and CSF Leaks.- Chapter 25) Treatment of Frontal Sinus Mucoceles.- Chapter 26) Treatment of Frontal Sinus Osteomas.- Chapter 27) Treatment of Frontal Sinus Inverted Papilloma.- Chapter 28) Mucosal Flaps in Frontal Sinus Surgery.- Part III) Complications, Postoperative Management, and Open Issues.- Chapter 29) Complications of Frontal Sinus Surgery.- Chapter 30) Management of Orbital and CNS Complications of Frontal Sinusitis.- Chapter 31) Postoperative Management.- Chapter 32) Debates and Controversies in Frontal Sinus Surgery.- Chapter 33) Future of Frontal Sinus Surgery. Beyond Surgical Treatment.