[SN-am] PHACON Sinus Patient “Meyer” – subcranial extension

patient characteristics

• Age: 40
• regular anatomy

Applicable for

◦ Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS)
◦ trans nasal and transethmoidal access to the skull base

 Structures and landmarks

◦ detailled skull base with soft tissue brain, optical nerve and ophthalmic nerve
◦ landmarks: Processus uncinatus, Bulla ethmoidalis and flexible turbinates
◦ sinuses: maxilliary sinus, ethmoid cells, frontal sinus and sphenoidal sinus
◦ nerves: Nervus opticus
◦ vessels: Arteria carotis and Arteria sphenopalatina
◦ representation of soft tissue: Mucosa, pituitary Gland, Arteria carotis