Future of Endoscopic Ear Surgery

Endoscopic ear surgery has gained popularity in recent years, becoming standard practice in otology centers around the world as an adjunct to conventional microscopic surgery and as a sole tool for limited disease. During the last years, technical improvements and growing expertise in the handling of the endoscope allowed introducing an exclusive endoscopic approach to the middle ear, lateral skull base, middle cranial fossa, and posterior fossa/cerebellopontine angle pathologies. Endoscopic instrumentation, techniques, and knowledge have improved during the last few years, and in the future, endoscopic surgical techniques will gain even more importance in otologic surgery.

Source: Otolaryngologic clinics of North America - November 2, 2020 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Joao Flavio Nogueira, Raquel de Sousa Lobo Ferreira Querido, Janaina Gon çalves da Silva Leite, Ticiana Cabral da Costa Source Type: research