[Indications and contraindications for intranasal endoscopic and microscopic surgery of the nose and sinuses]

The indications of the pure endoscopic surgery (CEN) and of the combined microscopic and endoscopic surgery (MCEN) in naso-sinusal pathology, they are established by means of the mixed valuation and systematization of the anamnesis, the endoscopy and the computerized tomography (TC). In the anamnesis the antecedents will be related carefully in the current history. In the exploration will be studied with full particulars the nose and the paranasal sinuses by means of the endoscopy and the TC (coronal and axial) with the purpose of valuing perfectly the anatomical variations and the sinusal content. The result of it is the listing of indications, that which the authors comment the corresponding to adults and children. For last the authors commented the absolute and relative contraindications.