3D endoscopic approach for endonasal sinus surgery

A I Moral; M E Kunkel; K Tingelhoff; M Rilk; I Wagner; K G Eichhorn; F Bootz; F M Wahl

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353385

3D endoscopic approach for endonasal sinus surgery

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007:2007:4683-6. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353385.

Authors

A I Moral¹, M E Kunkel, K Tingelhoff, M Rilk, I Wagner, K G Eichhorn, F Bootz, F M Wahl

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Robotics and Process Control, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany.

PMID: 18003051
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353385

Abstract

Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is a minimal invasive approach adopted in case of chronic sinusitis (inflammation of the paranasal sinuses). The paranasal sinuses are hollow structures within the bones surrounding the nasal cavity. During FESS the surgeon moves the endoscope and other surgical instruments within the nasal cavity following specific paths to approach each one of the paranasal sinuses. The purpose of this study was to reconstruct these paths to access the paranasal sinuses using volumetric CT data. The results will be used for Finite Element modeling and simulations for Robot Assisted Endonasal Surgery.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Endoscopy / methods*
Head
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Paranasal Sinus Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Paranasal Sinus Diseases / surgery*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed