Jacob F. Baranoski, Colin J. Przybylowski, Bradley A. Gross, Felipe C. Albuquerque, and Andrew F. Ducruet Summary Internal carotid artery tumor encasement, concomitant aneurysms, and iatrogenic injury pose formidable…
Nicholas T. Gamboa and William T. Couldwell Summary The basal perforators comprise small direct arterial branches of the main cerebral vessels and supply the paramedian regions of the brainstem,…
David L. Penn, Marte Van Keulen, and Nicholas C. Bambakidis Summary In any skull base operation where the operative corridor can be small, deep, and poorly lit, any major…
Rami O. Almefty, Michael Mooney, and Ossama Al-Mefty Summary Vascular injury is one of the most feared complications of skull base surgery with potentially devastating ischemic or hemorrhagic consequences….
Vinayak Narayan and Anil Nanda Summary A variety of standard microsurgical approaches and techniques have been developed over decades to deal with anterior skull base pathologies. The most feared…
Pierre-Olivier Champagne, Thibault Passeri, Eduard Voormolen, Anne-Laure Bernat, Rosaria Abbritti, and Sébastien Froelich Summary Dealing with major vascular injury during endoscopic endonasal posterior fossa surgery can be fearsome and…
Rokuya Tanikawa and Kosumo Noda Summary Skull base approaches can be used to augment all standard cranial approaches to aneurysms. Anterior petrosectomy and posterior petrosectomy with mastoidectomy, condylar fossa,…
Sean P. Polster, Paul A. Gardner, and Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda Summary Prevention and management of complications is a cornerstone of surgery. As endoscopic endonasal surgery gains popularity and is…
Aneek Patel, Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, Michael M. McDowell, Georgios A. Zenonos, Eric W. Wang, Carl H. Snyderman, and Paul A. Gardner Summary This chapter reviews the current application of endoscopic…
Vincent Dodson, Neil Majmundar, Gurkirat Kohli, Wayne D. Hsueh, Jean Anderson Eloy, and James K. Liu Summary Development of advanced endoscopic endonasal approaches have equipped skull base surgeons with…
