Handbook of Skull Base Surgery is a state-of-the-art surgical guide that provides clinicians and surgeons with step-by-step instructions on how to perform microscopic and endoscopic procedures. Encompassing the entire skull base, this handbook is designed for busy residents and clinicians seeking to hone their surgical skills. It presents a multidisciplinary approach to the pathologies, diagnosis, and management of skull base lesions. Key Features: Bulleted format with step-by-step descriptions of procedures accompanied by high-quality illustrations of key points Succinct summaries of content enable readers to quickly obtain the information they need Includes coverage of relevant basic sciences, advanced imaging, and adjunctive treatments such as radiosurgery and chemotherapy Comprehensive yet conveniently compact, this book is a must-havereference for residents, clinicians, nurses and researchers caring for patients with skull base pathologies.

Handbook of Skull Base Surgery is a state-of-the-art surgical guide that provides clinicians and surgeons with step-by-step instructions on how to perform microscopic and endoscopic procedures. Encompassing the entire skull base, this handbook is designed for busy residents and clinicians seeking to hone their surgical skills. It presents a multidisciplinary approach to the pathologies, diagnosis, and management of skull base lesions. Key Features: Bulleted format with step-by-step descriptions of procedures accompanied by high-quality illustrations of key points Succinct summaries of content enable readers to quickly obtain the information they need Includes coverage of relevant basic sciences, advanced imaging, and adjunctive treatments such as radiosurgery and chemotherapy Comprehensive yet conveniently compact, this book is a must-have reference for residents, clinicians, nurses and researchers caring for patients with skull base pathologies.

This text is designed to function as a comprehensive guide/companion that will not only facilitate the decision-making process for the surgeon, but also help young surgeons build a successful career in skull base surgery. It is divided into six main sections: The first section details the general principles that every skull base surgeon needs to be acquainted with - skull base anatomy, developing a multidisciplinary skull base team, operating room equipment, surgical instruments, and modern imaging technologies. These are the key elements that play a major role in optimizing functional outcomes and patients’ quality of life. Following this, the compartmental anatomy chapters set the stage for understanding the technical and surgical nuances of each location. The subsequent five sections are organized as anatomical compartments or regions of the skull base. Every region is organized in the same format for uniformity and ease of use. Each section includes the available treatment choices to each compartment, and describes the relevant pathologies. The contribution of worldwide leaders including neurosurgeons and otolaryngologists provides top-level expertise in how to tackle each pathology. The surgical approaches chapters that lead each anatomical section describe operative techniques in a clear. stepwise fashion with accompanying intra-operative photos and surgical videos. In the individual pathology chapters, different pathological subtypes are described with representative radiographic images of clinical case examples. Accompanying each pathology is a treatment algorithm based on tumor morphology, pre-operative clinical status, and the goal of maximum functional preservation with a brief description of surgical approaches. This will serve as a roadmap that will help the reader to easily reach a decision of how to treat each skull base pathology. The general theme is functional and anatomical preservation of key neurovascular structures. Setting such structures as a target and planning an approach that minimizes iatrogenic damage to these structures will lead the surgeon down the road of either open, endoscopic, or a combination of both approaches. A comprehensive book that is versatile to serve as a handbook as well as a detailed reference for skull base surgery does not currently exist. In addition, combining the two main surgical schools represented by endoscopy and open surgery into one reference enhanced by treatment algorithms is another unique feature.

Otology, Neurotology, and Lateral Skull Base Surgery: An Illustrated Handbook combines the most relevant information on this complex subspecialty into a comprehensive, yet highly accessible resource.Chapters feature succinct explanatory text combined with clear, carefully formulated color plates to help readers quickly grasp the complex nature of the underlying basic principles, the various diagnostic tools, as well as disease-specific medical and surgical management. An extensive chapter provides dedicated coverage of contemporary surgical techniques for the ear and temporal bone, and of the special considerations relevant for neurotologic disorders. The book closes with a temporal bone dissection guide specifically designed for residents that illustrates the intricate anatomy of the temporal bone using high-quality cadaver images.Features Offers a straightforward overview of the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the temporal bone and central auditory and vestibular pathways Reviews the entire subspecialty of otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base surgery and covers both medical and surgical concepts Includes over 830 full-color illustrations arranged on 158 color plates Provides a comprehensive dissection guide for use in the temporal bone lab This handbook is the ideal study tool and easy-to-use reference for otolaryngology residents, fellows in subspecialty training, and practicing otolaryngologists during clinical routine.

To date, more than three thousand brain and skull base tumors, along with various vascular problems, have been treated by using advanced, fully endoscopic, minimally invasive surgical techniques. In this book, Dr. Hrayr K. Shahinian, director of the Skull Base Institute, compiles these techniques. The book is highly specific and amply illustrated. The step-by-step operating room procedures provide a definitive guide to the difficult yet essential art of skull base surgery.

The second edition of Atlas of Skull Base Surgery and Neurotology presents an up-to-date reference for the latest techniques in the challenging area of skull base surgery.