This comprehensive volume with contributions by over 30 of the world's leading rhinologists will help to shed light on this difficult topic.

Prof. Kountakis and Prof. Senior are well-known ENT-surgeons in the U.S. Prof. Draf is one of the most senior and most recognized ORL/Head- and Neck surgeon in Germany and world-wide.

Thorough discussions of anatomy and pathophysiology of a variety of frontal sinus diseases provide a background for in-depth chapters on aspects of both medical and surgical management. A variety of surgical approaches are discussed, including the latest endoscopic techniques, as well as more traditional open and microscopic approaches.

Heavily illustrated, this volume will be a 'must have' for the rhinologist managing disease in the frontal sinus.

1;Dedications and Acknowledgements;5 2;Preface;6 3;Contents;7 4;List of Contributors;9 5;History of Frontal Sinus Surgery;13 6;Radiologic Anatomy of the Frontal Sinus;19 7;Surgical Anatomy and Embryology of the Frontal Sinus;33 8;Acute Frontal Sinusitis;44 9;Chronic Frontal Rhinosinusitis: Diagnosis and Management;53 10;Microbiology of Chronic Frontal Sinusitis;62 11;Orbital Complications of Frontal Sinusitis;67 12;CNS Complications of Frontal Sinus Disease;75 13;Frontal-Orbital-Ethmoid Mucoceles;83 14;Pott's Puffy Tumor;90 15;The Frontal Sinus and Nasal Polyps;94 16;Allergy and the Frontal Sinus;101 17;The Role of Fungus in Diseases of the Frontal Sinus;107 18;Frontal Headache;120 19;Pediatric Frontal Sinusitis;132 20;Frontal Sinus Fractures;137 21;Frontal Sinus Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks;147 22;Benign Tumors of the Frontal Sinuses;157 23;Frontal Sinus Malignancies;169 24;The Endoscopic Frontal Recess Approach;183 25;Revision Endoscopic Frontal Sinus Surgery;194 26;Image-Guidance in Frontal Sinus Surgery;203 27;" Above and Below" FESS: Simple Trephine with Endoscopic Sinus Surgery;212 28;Endonasal Frontal Sinus Drainage Type I- III According to Draf;220 29;Endoscopic Modified Lothrop Procedure;234 30;Frontal Sinus Rescue;243 31;Endoscopic Trans-septal Frontal Sinusotomy;250 32;Frontal Sinus Stenting;259 33;Complications of Frontal Sinus Surgery;265 34;Open Approaches;272 35;Osteoplastic Frontal Sinusotomy and Reconstruction of Frontal Defects;278 36;Subject Index;287