Head and neck cancer: an evolving treatment paradigm

DM Cognetti, RS Weber, SY Lai - Cancer, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Since the inception of this journal in 1948, the understanding of etiologic factors that
contribute to and the treatment of head and neck cancer has evolved dramatically. Advances …

Endoscopic skull base surgery: principles of endonasal oncological surgery

CH Snyderman, RL Carrau, AB Kassam… - Journal of surgical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Endoscopic endonasal surgery can be applied to the management of benign and malignant
sinonasal neoplasms with good results. For tumors that involve the skull base, an …

What are the limits of endoscopic sinus surgery?: the expanded endonasal approach to the skull base

CH Snyderman, H Pant, RL Carrau… - The Keio journal of …, 2009 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The advent of endoscopic technologies and techniques has expanded the limits of
conventional endoscopic sinus surgery. The expanded endonasal approach describes a …

Acquisition of surgical skills for endonasal skull base surgery: a training program

C Snyderman, A Kassam, R Carrau, A Mintz… - The …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: Endonasal surgery represents a radical change in the practice of cranial base
surgery and requires the acquisition of new knowledge and surgical skills. The optimal …

Robotic endoscopic surgery of the skull base: a novel surgical approach

EY Hanna, C Holsinger, F DeMonte… - … –Head & Neck Surgery, 2007 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To describe a novel robotic surgical approach that allows adequate endoscopic
access for resection of tumors involving the anterior and central skull base and allows 2 …

Advantages and limitations of endoscopic endonasal approaches to the skull base

P Kasemsiri, RL Carrau, LFS Ditzel Filho… - World neurosurgery, 2014 - Elsevier
Background The anatomy of the skull base is extremely complex with an abundance of
critical neurovascular bundles and their corresponding foramina as well as the insertions …

Closure of large skull base defects after endoscopic transnasal craniotomy

RJ Harvey, JF Nogueira, RJ Schlosser, SJ Patel… - Journal of …, 2009 - thejns.org
Object The authors describe the utility of and outcomes after endoscopic transnasal
craniotomy and skull reconstruction in the management of skull base pathologies. Methods …

Algorithm for reconstruction after endoscopic pituitary and skull base surgery

A Tabaee, VK Anand, SM Brown, JW Lin… - The …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: The expanding role of endoscopic skull base surgery necessitates a thorough
understanding of the indications, techniques, and limitations of the various approaches to …

The efficacy of hemostatic techniques in the sheep model of carotid artery injury

R Valentine, S Boase, J Jervis‐Bardy… - International forum of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background The most dramatic complication in endonasal surgery is inadvertent injury to
the internal carotid artery (ICA) with massive bleeding. Nasal packing is the favored …

Intracranial complications before and after endoscopic skull base reconstruction

RJ Harvey, JE Smith, SK Wise… - American journal of …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Endoscopic skull base reconstruction (ESBR) has been widely accepted in the
management of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks. However, it is not the CSF leak itselfbut the …