31 Surgical Approach to the Lateral Skull Base
Omer J. Ungar, Dan M. Fliss, Yahav Oron Summary The infratemporal fossa—middle cranial fossa approach gives wide access to all of the subcranial tissues that underlie the middle fossa floor….
33 Surgery of Skull Base Meningoencephalocele
Paolo Castelnuovo, Stefania Gallo, Jacopo Zocchi, Jessica Ruggiero, Davide Locatelli Summary Congenital encephaloceles are a rare type of neural tube defect caused by a herniation of the cranial content through…
35 Excision of Fibro-osseous Lesions of the Craniofacial Skeleton
Shahaf Shilo, Dan M. Fliss, Avraham Abergel Summary Fibro-osseous lesions of the jaws and craniofacial skeleton are a group of bone and connective tissue proliferative processes, some of which are…
34 Brain Stem Implantation
Baishakhi Choudhury, David R. Friedmann, J. Thomas Roland Jr Summary Auditory brainstem implants, first intended for auditory rehabilitation in deaf patients with neurofibromatosis-2, have been more recently applied in the…
24 Management of Periorbital Abscess
Narin N. Carmel Neiderman, Dan M. Fliss, Oshri Wasserzug, Gadi Fishman, Avraham Abergel Summary Orbital complication are the most common complications of sinusitis in children. The clinical severity ranges from…
23 Pediatric Transoral Robotic Surgery
Gabriel Gomez, Carlton J. Zdanski Summary Pediatric transoral robotic surgery has advantages over traditional endoscopic or open approaches as shown in this text. A wide variety of aerodigestive tract pathology…
22 Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy
Marisa Earley, Max M. April Summary This chapter serves to review pertinent anatomy, surgical technique, and perioperative considerations for both intracapsular and extracapsular tonsillectomy and for adenoidectomy. Tonsillectomy, intracapsular tonsillectomy,…
21 Lingual Tonsillectomy
Sanjay R. Parikh, Craig Miller Summary First line therapy for obstructive sleep apnea in patients with findings of tonsillar hypertrophy remains adenotonsillectomy. In patients with persistent signs and symptoms following…
16 Surgery for Lymphatic Vascular Malformations
Sonia Kumar, Ben Hartley Summary Vascular anomalies encompass a huge range of pediatric conditions and are broadly classified as vascular malformations or hemangiomas. They are defined by their individual morphology…
5 Surgery of Head and Neck Infection
Roy Hod, Eyal Raveh Summary Neck infections are commonly seen in the pediatric population. Characteristic findings of neck infection include fever, sore throat, and a warm, tender neck mass. A…
