Abstract
Program Description: Failure of adequate response to endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) is a frequent cause of frustration to chronic rhinosinusitis patients and their surgeons. Technical execution of ESS may be a factor in some common findings at revision ESS (middle meatal adhesions, lateralized middle turbinate, missed maxillary ostium, residual uncinate process, residual anterior and posterior ethmoid cells, sphenoid ostium stenosis, and frontal recess scarring). Using real-life demonstrative cases, our expert panel will share practical and key technical pearls on optimizing results from ESS. These include simple modifications in surgical techniques, selection of procedure appropriate to disease, and incorporation of state-of-the-art technology (endoscopes, instrumentation, navigation, etc). Educational Objectives: (1) Recognize technical causes of failure of satisfactory response from ESS. (2) Implement changes in surgical techniques to optimize technical execution of ESS. (3) Learn to use technology and instrumentation to improve execution and completeness of ESS.