Integrated anterior, central, and posterior skull base unit – a new perspective
Frontiers in Surgery, 2015 The skull base is one of the most complex anatomical regions and forms the floor of the cranial cavity. Skull base surgery involves open, microscopic, and endoscopic approaches to the anterior, middle, or posterior cranial fossa.
Yves eBrand +4 more
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Anterior Skull Base Reconstruction: Does Fat Preparation Matter?
Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports, 2018 Objectives This article aims (1) to determine whether there is any difference in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak rate after anterior skull base autologous fat reconstruction based on how the fat is prepared, and (2) to measure impact on surgical times by ...
Joshua Wood +4 more
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Extended Frontobasal Approach for Skull Base Lesions
Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2021 Background Lesions involving the skull base can be approached by a variety of surgical corridors and extended frontobasal approach is one of them. It provides quite a wide exposure to lesions in the midline of anterior skull base, paranasal sinuses, and ...
Mohd Faheem +2 more
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Severe pneumocephalus following cranioplasty: Approach and review of the literature
Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2021 Objective: To present a case of significant persistent pneumocephalus following failed cranialization of the frontal sinus. Case report: We describe the case of a 58-year-old female with a history of hemorrhagic stroke requiring emergent craniotomy which
Kendyl A. Barron +3 more
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Evolution in surgery for the anterior skull base
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2020 Marc A. Cohen, MD, MPH
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Introduction to “Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Concomitant Medical Disorders”
Medical Sciences, 2020 It is with great pleasure and enthusiasm that we present to you this Special Issue of Medical Sciences [...]
David A. Gudis
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Multi-Institutional Modified Delphi For Genomics in Expert Consensus Survey of Genomic Testing for Anterior Skull Base Malignancies. [PDF]
J Neurol Surg B Skull BaseObjectives The use of genomic testing for patients with anterior skull base malignancies has grown dramatically. There are no clear guidelines on indications for testing.
Saraswathula A +15 more
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Exclusively endoscopic surgical resection of esthesioneuroblastoma: A systematic review
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2022 Background Historically sinonasal malignancies were always addressed via open craniofacial surgery for an oncologic resection. Increasingly esthesioneuroblastomas are excised using an exclusively endoscopic approach, however, the rarity of this disease ...
Daniel B. Spielman +7 more
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World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2022 Objective Endoscopic repair of large anterior skull base (ASB) defects has excellent results when using multilayered repairs with a nasoseptal flap. However, in extensive intranasal tumors, a nasoseptal flap may not always be available.
Corinna G. Levine +4 more
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The Endonasal Endoscopic Management of Pediatric Anterior Meningoencephaloceles , A Tertiary Care Hospital Experience [PDF]
Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery, 2023 Introduction: Skull base defects considered one of the rarest conditions in children, the diagnosis and management of skull base defects in pediatrics are challenging.
Shatha AlGhamdi +3 more
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