Frontal Sinus “Hump”: An Anatomical Risk Factor for Anterior Skull Base Injury in the Endoscopic Modified Lothrop Approach (Outside-In Frontal Drill-Out)

Skull base injuries caused by the outside-in frontal drill-out technique have not been reported. In this report, we chose an outside-in approach to open the frontal sinus for olfactory neuroblastoma resection. Although we identified the first olfactory fibre, the anterior skull base was damaged whil...

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Main Authors: Teppei Takeda, Kazuhiro Omura, Haw Torng, Teru Ebihara, Satoshi Aoki, Kosuke Tochigi, Hiromi Kojima, Nobuyoshi Otori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3402496