抄録
Various kinds of nasal and paranasal lesions may involve the skull base, however, surgical approaches to lesions in this area are difficult because of the anatomical complexity. In order to facilitate both surgical planning and actual surgery, we had introduced several devices such as navigation system and/or endoscope. In addition to these, a three-dimensional model was made from images of actual patients.
These devices had facilitated not only surgical planning but also actual surgical procedure. In this paper, we report our experiences of applications of these supporting systems for skull base surgery.
