Mayo Clinic's approach to nasal endoscopy
At Mayo Clinic, an integrated, multidisciplinary team of specialists partners together on diagnosis, treatment, presurgical assessment and follow-up. This approach ensures the best possible results, safety and service. Nasal endoscopy may be part of care for common or complex nose and sinus conditions, such as chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps. It also may be part of planning or follow-up for skull base tumors when the care team is considering or has used an endoscopic surgical approach through the nose.
At Mayo clinic, this team of specialists tailors care to your needs. Care decisions prioritize judgment, evidence and impact on you to ensure you get the right care, not more care than you need.
Collaboration
Mayo Clinic rhinologists work with other specialists to provide coordinated care. Depending on your condition, your team may include specialists in allergy, pulmonology, neurology, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, sleep medicine, ophthalmology or oculoplastic surgery. For example, people with nasal polyps and asthma may be treated by specialists in rhinology and allergy and pulmonology.
For tumors in or near the nose, sinuses or skull base, Mayo Clinic rhinologists may work with specialists in the Comprehensive Skull Base Clinic at Mayo Clinic's campus in Rochester, Minnesota. Other specialists may include neurosurgeons, head and neck surgeons, and imaging specialists. Sometimes, nasal, sinus and skull base tumors can be treated through the nose with an endoscopic approach. The team reviews the results of your exam and imaging studies together to decide the approach that best fits your needs.
Expertise
Mayo Clinic specialists use nasal endoscopy when it can help answer a care question, guide next steps or monitor healing. The goal is to match the care plan to your needs.
Your Mayo Clinic team considers how a condition or treatment may affect quality of life, including breathing, smell, vision, hearing, balance, hormone function and daily activities. That may mean that you need treatment, surgery or long-term monitoring. This careful approach can be important for people with benign tumors or tumors near the skull base. Mayo Clinic specialists also have experience with advanced diagnostic tests and surgical techniques, including endoscopic skull base surgery.
Technology
Mayo Clinic uses advanced diagnostic tools, imaging and minimally invasive procedures to guide care for nose, sinus and skull base conditions. For some skull base tumors, such as pituitary tumors, chordomas and meningiomas, surgery through the nose may be an option. Mayo Clinic teams decide the best approach after an exam and review of imaging study results.
Expertise and rankings
- Mayo Clinic rhinologists diagnose and treat nose, sinus and related complex medical issues.
- Mayo Clinic care may include counseling, presurgical assessment, medical treatment, surgical treatment and follow-up care.
- Rhinologists work closely with neurosurgeons for nasal and skull base conditions.
- Mayo Clinic research in rhinology and skull base surgery includes chronic sinusitis, nasal polyps, sinonasal tumors, skull base tumors, endoscopic surgery, sense of smell after surgery and quality of life.
Nationally recognized expertise
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, are ranked among the Best Hospitals for ear, nose and throat by U.S. News & World Report.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology & neurosurgery and ear, nose & throat by U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic Children's in Rochester is ranked the No. 1 hospital in Minnesota and the five-state region of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings.