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Complications of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

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This chapter specifically considers the complications associated with endoscopic sinus surgery, starting with a means of classification before discussing the details of complications based on the primary domains of vascular trauma, neurological sequelae and orbital complications. The text includes methods tips and pearls of wisdom for preventing and managing individual complications.

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  1. Department of ORL-HNS, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain

    Juan Carlos Ceballos Cantu, Isam Alobid Alobid & Manuel Bernal-Sprekelsen

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  1. Liverpool Head and Neck Centre, Liverpool University Hospitals, Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK

    Andrew C. Swift

  2. Otolaryngology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Sean Carrie

  3. Department of Otolaryngology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Christopher de Souza

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Cantu, J.C.C., Alobid, I.A., Bernal-Sprekelsen, M. (2023). Complications of Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. In: Swift, A.C., Carrie, S., de Souza, C. (eds) Contemporary Rhinology: Science and Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28690-2_34

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