New study led by Oregon Health & Science University finds up to 76 percent of study participants reported improved quality of life following endoscopic surgery.

SPARTA, N.J., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Endoscopic surgery has steadily gained in popularity since it was developed in the 1980s. Dr. Richard Siegfried has teamed with Dr. Louis Quartararo one of only a handful of surgeons who have been trained to perform endoscopic surgery on the spine. Drs.

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that endoscopic surgery is a valid treatment option for treating esthesioneuroblastoma (cancer of the nasal cavity), in addition to traditional open surgery and nonsurgical treatments.

By McLean, Mike Spokane physician Alan Pokorny says he plans to begin using an alternative procedure - employing technology similar to that used in cardiac angioplasty - to bring relief to some patients who suffer painful blockages of nasal sinus openings due to sinusitis.