Journal Reviews

Endovascular management of cavernous and paraclinoid aneurysms

1 November 2014 | | Skull Base Surgery, Head and Neck | Aneurysms, Cavernous, Coil, Endovascular, Flow diversion, Paraclinoid, Stent

This review discusses management of aneurysms arising from the internal carotid artery from the entrance into the cavernous sinus until just before the take off of the posterior communicating artery. Whilst paraclinoid aneurysms do not tend to have ENT presentations,...

Resection margins in head and neck surgery

1 November 2014 | | Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck, Skull Base Surgery | Autofluorescent, Cancer, Frozen, Hypermethylation, Margin, Oral cavity, Resection, Shrinkage

Although an increasing proportion of head and neck malignancies are treated with non-surgical modalities, when surgery is undertaken an incomplete clearance results in significantly worse prognosis. However, the intraoperative assessment of an adequate margin is difficult. The personal practice of...

Hyoid bone interposition graft in treatment of laryngotracheal stenosis

1 November 2014 | | Head and Neck, Skull Base Surgery

Laryngotracheal stenosis remains a challenging condition to manage, with treatment options plagued by either high rates of recurrence or excessive morbidity. The authors describe two cases of adult laryngotracheal stenosis treated by a hyoid interposition composite graft. A two-step procedure...

In the future there will be robots

1 November 2014 | | Skull Base Surgery, Head and Neck | Partial pharyngectomy, Robotic surgery, Squamous cell carcinoma, Tonsil cancer, Transoral resection

This edition of review articles encompasses the emerging techniques of robotic surgery, written by international experts from centres that are increasing their repertoire of procedures. The treatment of oropharyngeal cancer is challenging irrespective of modality, as oncological and functional outcomes...