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The Evolution of Frontal Sinus Surgery from Antiquity to the 21st Century

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Over the past 140 years, a rapid progression in the advancements of visualization and instrumentation has allowed for an evolution from open to endonasal techniques for the treatment of frontal sinus pathology.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Sinus & Nasal Institute of Florida Foundation for its financial support in producing illustrations for this chapter. We thank Rick Mugavero for his help with Figs. 1.4a, 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7. We thank the Editors of Dental Archeology, The Prado Museum, and Royal Collection of Queen Elizabeth the II for their copyright permission to reproduce work in their possession.

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  1. West Jefferson Otolaryngology, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Adil A. Fatakia MD, MBA

  2. Sinus & Nasal Institute of Florida Foundation, 550 94th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, FL, 33702, USA

    Alla Y. Solyar MD & Donald C. Lanza MS, MD

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Fatakia, A.A., Solyar, A.Y., Lanza, D.C. (2016). The Evolution of Frontal Sinus Surgery from Antiquity to the 21st Century. In: Kountakis, S., Senior, B., Draf, W. (eds) The Frontal Sinus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48523-1_1

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