26 Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in Children for Benign Lesions
Shahaf Shilo, Dan M. Fliss, Avraham Abergel Summary Sinonasal tract and the skull base lesions in the pediatric population are rare and include a wide range of pathologies that originate…
HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
25 Orbital Surgery for Tumors
Shay Keren, Igal Leibovitch Summary A variety of tumors, both benign and malignant, can be found in the orbit of the pediatric patient. This chapter elaborates on the different tumors…
29 Expanded Endonasal Approaches for Treatment of Malignancy in Children
Meghan Wilson, Carl H. Snyderman, Paul A. Gardner, Elizabeth C. Tyler-Kabara Summary In the pediatric population, malignant tumors of the skull base are rare. Sarcoma (rhabdomyosarcoma, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma),…
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,…
