Journal Reviews

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Which factors affect the postoperative CSF leak following endoscopic skull base surgery?

6 September 2021 | | Rhinology / Sinus, Skull Base Surgery | Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery, multiple surgeries, postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leak

Endoscopic skull base surgery is being increasingly performed worldwide for skull base tumours. Common indications include pituitary tumours, rathke cleft cysts, chordomas, craniopharyngiomas and olfactory neuroblastomas. The most common and important complication following endoscopic skull base surgery is postoperative CSF...

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The medially-invasive cholesteatoma: a case series

4 May 2021 | | Neurotology, Otology, Skull Base Surgery | cholesteatoma, chronic ear disease, skull base surgery, transcochlear, translabyrinthine

In this small case series, Casazza et al describe their management of seven cases of complex cholesteatoma presenting during a 16-year period. Patients were included if imaging confirmed restricted diffusion and an endophytic, medially-destructive disease involving the otic capsule, petrous...

Safe distances in the infratemporal fossa

1 January 2017 | | infratemporal fossa, skull base surgery, three-dimensional reconstruction

This analysis from China involved 50 enhanced CT datasets to reconstruct the skull, internal carotid artery and the internal jugular vein. The anatomical routes of these vessels were related to the styloid process, height of the pterygoid plates, distance from...