Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2023 Objective: Craniopharyngiomas are tumors derived from the remains of epithelial cells that are attributed to incomplete closure of the pituitary or cricopharyngeal ducts.
Kaveh Ebrahimzadeh +9 more
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Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports, 2015 To achieve local disease control, radical removal is the best option for sphenoorbital meningiomas. Preservation of the venous system is crucial during the resection of skull base meningiomas.
Carlos Eduardo da Silva +3 more
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Clinical outcome after particle therapy for meningiomas of the skull base: toxicity and local control in patients treated with active rasterscanning [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Meningiomas of the skull base account for 25–30% of all meningiomas. Due to the complex structure of the cranial base and its close proximity to critical structures, surgery is often associated with substantial morbidity.
Bougatf, Nina +9 more
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Endoscopic resection of skull base chordoma via the combined oral and nasal approach
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023 Objective To summarize the efficacy and safety of endoscopic resection of skull base chordoma via the combined oral and nasal approach. Methods The clinical data and follow⁃up data of 192 patients with skull base chordoma admitted to the Department of ...
LIU Jun⁃qi +5 more
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Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports, 2019 Introduction Encephalitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans has been seen almost exclusively in patients with severe compromise of their immune systems, such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Joshua Prickett +3 more
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Proton beam therapy in the management of skull base chordomas: systematic review of indications, outcomes, and implications for neurosurgeons [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Chordomas are rare tumours affecting the skull base. There is currently no clear consensus on the post-surgical radiation treatments that should be used after maximal tumour resection.
Choi, D, Matloob, SA, Nasir, HA
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Intravascular pneumocephalus : a mimicker of skull base fractures [PDF]
, 2019 status ...
Anisau, Aliaksandr, Vanhoenacker, Filip
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Evaluation of strain values of critical anatomic regions for two different pterygomaxillary approaches in Le Fort I osteotomy : an experimental study [PDF]
, 2017 The purpose of this experimental study was to measure stresses both on the pterygoid plates and the skull base following two different pterygomaxillary approaches in Le Fort I osteotomy. The prepared skull models were randomly divided into 2 groups of 7.
Dolanmaz, Dogan +4 more
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Primary endovascular treatment of post-irradiated carotid pseudoaneurysm at the skull base with the Pipeline embolization device [PDF]
, 2015 Background A post-irradiated carotid pseudoaneurysm at the skull base can cause life-threatening blowout syndrome. Conventional treatments include parent vessel occlusion, endovascular coiling or covered stenting. Use of the Pipeline embolization device (
Leung, GKK, Lui, WM, Tsang, ACO
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Delayed Endovascular Coil Extrusion following Internal Carotid Artery Embolization [PDF]
, 2015 Internal carotid artery injury is a rare and devastating complication of endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery that has an associated mortality rate of 15%.
Chambers, Kyle +8 more
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