Minimally Invasive Endoscopic & Skull-Base Surgery

Advances in computer surgical navigation systems and surgical optics have made it possible to perform complex operative procedures through tiny incisions or through the nasal passages. Previously, these kinds of procedures required large, often mutilating incisions, lengthy hospital stays, and were associated with the potential for major surgical morbidity. With proper pre-operative planning, advanced radiologic imaging, and state-of-the-art instrumentation, many of these operations can now be performed in an outpatient setting. Examples of minimally invasive and/or endoscopic procedures include sinus surgery, surgery for nasal polyps, intra-nasal inverted papilloma surgery, pituitary tumor surgery, repair of skull base spinal fluid leakage or encephalocele, anterior skull base tumor surgery. However, this approach is not for everyone and depends on a variety of factors related to the patient’s general health and extent of the disease.