Combined rhino-cranial approach for rhino-cerebral disease

ABSTRACT

For extensive rhino-cerebral disease small window craniotomy should be avoided for removal of cerebral pathology, a wide-field exposure is essential. In our view lateral rhinotomy along with frontal craniotomy is the choice. While nose and fronto-ethmoid complex are cleared through lateral rhinotomy, anterior cranial fossa is cleaned through frontal craniotomy. Three illustrative cases are described