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Seven-block pyramid model to build up an endoscopic sinus surgeon

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Surgeons spend most of their professional life acquiring new surgical skills and learning new surgical procedures. On the way of building up an endoscopic sinus surgeon, some may get cofused; what should we do first to be professional endoscopic sinus surgeons. This suggested seven-block pyramid model is just our own limited personal experience to help other junior physicians to arrange their priorties while being on their way in endoscopic sinus surgery.

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  1. Department of ENT, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt

    Ahmed H. Monib M.Sc & Ahmed A. Saleh

  2. University of Clorado, Boulder, USA

    Mahamed M. Alhussaini

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Monib, A.H., Alhussaini, M.M. & Saleh, A.A. Seven-block pyramid model to build up an endoscopic sinus surgeon. Egypt J Otolaryngol 31, 76–77 (2015). https://doi.org/10.4103/1012-5574.152714

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