Talk:Functional endoscopic sinus surgery

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Initial edit
Edited for layout and style. Exdmd 18:54, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Improvements needed
This article needs several improvements. First, there is no clear statement upfront as to what this surgery actually does? It sounds like its purpose is to dilate passages in the sinuses to facilitate drainage, but this is not stated in the article. Second, the majority of the article is written at a high reading level using complex terminology, making it inaccessible to younger or less educated readers. Both problems can be solved simply by adding a few sentences in the beginning of the article explaining what the surgery entails and why it is done. 74.85.70.177 (talk) 23:31, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

The use of CT-Navigation in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
A Computed Tomography (CT)Navigation system is a tool that is used by surgeons to better correlate intra-operative anatomy with pre-operative CT imaging. A computer is used to identify the the 3-dimensional location of the a probe tip placed within the patient's nose or sinuses. This allows surgeons to correlate their endoscope view with the patients pre-operative imaging thereby telling the surgeon what neighboring structures are located next ot his/her probe or instruments. Bleeding and nasal anatomic variants can alter a surgeon's view of landmarks through the endoscope. Hence, CT-navigation assistance in sinus surgery is used with the intention of improving identification of structures and avoid damage to vital structures such as the brain and eyes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ggomez113 (talk • contribs) 21:52, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello! I have created a lot of new content for this page as a college course assignment. I am going to be moving large chunks into mainspace. I am very open to feedback as this was my first ever Wiki article! Thanks Saramichha (talk) 23:43, 23 June 2018 (UTC)