Database developed to record and evaluate computer aided endonasal surgeryresults

Computer aided surgery has been used in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen since October 1998, and is now a regular supplement to conventional functional endonasal sinus surgery (FESS) and management of anterior skull base lesions. This technique was d esigned to enhance surgical precision and thoroughness and to reduce compli cations. Since this is a new technique, the clinical findings and surgical outcome are prospectively collected in a database. Results for conventional FESS are entered in the same database for comparison. The aim of this stud y is to present a standardized Danish database.