Book[edited by] Wolfgang Draf, MD, PhD, formerly Professor and Director,
... Show More Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Klinikum Fulda, Fulda, Germany, International Neuroscience Institute, Hannover, Germany, Ricardo L. Carrau, MD, Professor and Director, Comprehensive Skull Base Surgery Program, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, James Cancer Center and Solove Research Institute, Wexner Medical at The University of Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, Ulrike Bockmühl, MD, PhD, Professor and Director, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Klinikum Kassel, Kassel, Germany, Amin B. Kassam, MD, Vice President, Neurosciences System Clinical Program, Aurora Neuroscience Innovation Institute, Medical Director, Neurosurgery, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Peter Vajkoczy, MD, PhD, Professor and Director, Department of Neurosurgery, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Summary: "This book presents a complete step-by-step guide to endonasal endoscopic skull base surgery, written by prominent interdisciplinary specialists and reflecting important recent developments in the field. Combining the fundamentals of skull base anatomy and pathology with current diagnostic and interventional imaging techniques, Endonasal Endoscopic Surgery of Skull Base Tumors: An Interdisciplinary Approach provides a solid clinical foundation for anyone working in this challenging and evolving specialty. Special features: - State-of-the-art contributions from international experts in endonasal endoscopic skull base surgery - A 360ʻ panoramic assessment of skull base pathologies - Description of basic and advanced endoscopic procedures based on the endonasal corridor system - Current tumor-specific strategies, including indications and preoperative work-up, endoscopic surgical techniques, sequel and potential complications, postoperative care, outcomes, and pearls and pitfalls - Clear and consistent interdisciplinary guidelines for managing the internal carotid artery in skull base surgery, allowing the removal of previously inoperable tumors - Surgical outcomes from two of the leading international skull base centers, one in Fulda, Germany (formerly headed by Professor Draf), and one joint program at the University of Brescia and University of Varese, Italy Complete with 500 full-color photographs, anatomic illustrations, flowcharts, and tables, Endonasal Endoscopic Surgery of Skull Base Tumors: An Interdisciplinary Approach offers a practical management approach and sets a new standard in the field"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
History of endonasal tumor surgery
Anatomy of anterior, central, and posterior skull base
Etiology, biology, and pathology of skull base tumors
Imaging assessment and endovascular treatment
Management of the internal carotid artery in skull base tumor surgery
Multidisciplinary endoscopic skull base centers: delivering integrated care
360 Access to the skull base
The Sinonasal corridor
Expanded endoscopic endonasal approaches
Transpterygoid approaches
Endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery: endoneurosurgery
Tumor-specific strategies
Dural reconstruction
Prevention and management of complications
Surgical results.