TY - BOOK AU - R. Maroldi ยท P. Nicolai (Eds.) TI - Imaging in treatment planning for sinonasal diseases SN - 3540423834 U1 - 616.210754 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - 1. Paranasal Sinus Diseases--diagnosis. 2. Paranasal Sinus Diseases--therapy. 3. Diagnostic Imaging--methods N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The time should have passed when the radiologist produced the images he was asked for and the ENT surgeon took them and made his own interpretation as the basis for the decision on conservative or surgical treatment. The optimal information from images is obtained from interdisciplinary discussion, sitting together as long as time allows. Without a doubt the neuroradiologist or the head and neck radiologist can describe the imaging findings in the most detailed way. On the other hand he or she depends to a high degree on the hopefully precisely formulated questions of the clinical partner. Sometimes the interdisciplinary discussion results in the recommendation of further imaging by the radiologist. This personal contact with the specialty clinician also ensures familiarity with the latest therapeutic options, which eases the interpretation of postoperative images. This monograph combines in an ideal way the expertise of a superbly skilled head and neck radiologist and a rhinologist who is one of the pioneers of modern endonasal surgery, using endoscope and microscope as indispensable surgical tools. The book gives clear guidance on the necessary imaging and the findings, as well as interpretation of all types of nose and sinus pathology and general guidelines for treatment, particularly surgery, resulting from interdisciplinary discussion. It deals with anatomy, CT and MR techniques of study, inflammatory diseases, tumors, and post-treatment imaging. This is a particularly effective way forward in one of the most fascinating fields of modern otorhinolaryngology. I wish this book a wide readership among neuroradiologists and head and neck radiologists, as well as ENT, head and neck, and maxillo-facial surgeons ER -