Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

A Comprehensive Guide with Illustrative Cases
2008
ISBN: 978-1-58829-814-0
Verlag: Humana Press

Buch, Englisch, 193 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 792 g

I am honored to be asked to write a foreword to this comprehensive and fascinating book on skull base surgery (SBS) by Dr. Shahinian, who I consider among the pioneers in the field. I should start by writing a disclaimer. I first met Dr. Shahinian when he was a brilliant surgical resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1986. Over the next several years, I had the pleasure of following his career through different training rotations in the United States and abroad. I remember well when he told me that skull base surgery was his career choice. I thought it was a high-risk career move considering that the discipline was still in its early development. As a result, I was quite gratified to follow Dr. Shahinian’s professional success as he developed the Skull Base Institute, initially in New York, and later in Los Angeles. I would like to first define SBS from my perspective as a general surgeon. SBS denotes a group of operations involving the base of the skull or its contents. The skull base is divided into an anterior (attached to the facial skeleton), middle, and posterior areas. Vital arteries, veins, as well as cranial nerves pass through the skull base. Consequently, this part of the skull has historically been the most difficult to access, and lesions of the skull base were often associated with a poor prognosis.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shahinian, Hrayr K.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kabil, M.S.

Jarrahy, R.

Thill, M.-P.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin HNO-Heilkunde, Phoniatrie, Audiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Kopf- & Halschirurgie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Bildgebende Verfahren, Nuklearmedizin, Strahlentherapie Neuroradiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Mund-, Kiefer- & Gesichtschirurgie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Bildgebende Verfahren, Nuklearmedizin, Strahlentherapie Endoskopie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Anesthetic Considerations in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery.- Neuroendocrine Aspects of Skull Base Surgery.- Interventional Neuroradiology Aspects of Skull Base Surgery.- Instrumentation in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery.- The Fully Endoscopic Endonasal Approach.- The Fully Endoscopic Transglabellar Approach.- The Fully Endoscopic Supraorbital Approach.- The Fully Endoscopic Retrosigmoid Approach.- The Fully Endoscopic Subtemporal Approach.