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3D endoscopic approach for endonasal sinus surgery
A I Moral1, M E Kunkel, K Tingelhoff
1Institute of Robotics and Process Control, Technical University Braunschweig, Germany.
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.
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