Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare (Sep 2014)

Anaesthetic Concerns for Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

  • Pei Yu Tan MBBS, MMed (Anaes),
  • Ruban Poopalalingam MBBS, MMed (Anaes)

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/201010581402300310
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23

Abstract

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Functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) is the primary approach used today for the surgical treatment of chronic sinusitis. The aim of our review is to look at the increasing body of literature highlighting the various anaesthetic techniques that can be employed in the optimisation of surgical conditions and safety of a surgical procedure with significant potential risk.