Now part of the Master Techniques in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery series, Skull Base Surgery is the new go-to guide on common and advanced procedures in skull base surgery. Step-by-step expert instruction is offered on more than 45 procedures, covering both open and minimally invasive approaches to the skull base. It is a vital resource for students, generalist surgeons, and skull base specialists in otolaryngology and neurosurgery.

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Authored by world-renowned experts and pioneers in open and endoscopic skull base approaches
Chapters cover: introduction to each approach; history; physical examination; indications; contraindications; preoperative planning; surgical technique; postoperative management; complications; results; pearls and pitfalls; instruments to have available; and suggested readings
Sections cover: sphenoid and parasellar regions; anterior cranial fossa; middle cranial fossa; posterior cranial fossa; and reconstruction
Topics include: optic nerve decompression; endonasal approach to the sella; endoscopic endonasal approach to the medial cavernous sinus; endonasal transorbital approaches; cranialization of the frontal sinus; frontal sinus osteoplastic flap with and without obliteration; and anterior craniofacial resection
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PART I: SPHENOID AND PARASELLAR
REGIONS

1 Optic Nerve Decompression
Pete S. Batra

2 Endonasal Approach to the Sella
Dharambir S. Sethi

3 Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to the Sella
for Pituitary Adenomas and Rathke's Cleft
Cysts 2
Daniel F. Kelly and Chester F. Griffiths

4 Transcranial Approaches to the Sella, Suprasellar,
and Parasellar Area
Atul Goel

5 Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to the Medial
Cavernous Sinus
Charles Teo

6 Endonasal Suprasellar Approach
Edward R. Laws, Jr.

7 Transpterygoid Approach to the Lateral Recess
of the Sphenoid Sinus
Paolo Castelnuovo

8 Transsphenoidal Approach to the Medial Petrous
Apex
Ian J. Witterick

PART II: ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA

9 Craniotomy for Suprasellar Tumor
William T. Couldwell

10 Pterional/Orbital Pterional Craniotomy
Ali F. Krisht

11 Endonasal Transfrontal Approach to the Anterior
Cranial Base
Peter-John Wormald

12 Endonasal Transcribriform Approach to the
Anterior Cranial Fossa
Paul A. Gardner and Carl H. Snyderman

13 Endonasal Transplanum Approach to the Anterior
Cranial Fossa
Theodore H. Schwartz and Vijay K. Anand

14 Endonasal Transorbital Approach to the Anterior
Cranial Fossa
Lee A. Zimmer

15 Transorbital Endoscopic Approaches to the
Anterior Cranial Fossa
Richard G. Ellenbogen and Kris S. Moe

16 Supraorbital Keyhole Approach to the Anterior
Cranial Fossa
Charles Teo

17 Endonasal Resection of the Anterior Cranial
Base
Roy R. Casiano

18 Transcranial Approach for Anterior Craniofacial
Resection
Franco DeMonte

19 Anterior Craniofacial Resection: Endoscopic
Assisted
Richard J. Harvey and Charles Teo

20 Facial Translocation Approach to the Central
Cranial Base
Daniel W. Nuss

21 Anterior Craniofacial Resection: Midfacial
Degloving
Lawrence J. Marentette

22 Anterior Craniofacial Resection: Lateral
Rhinotomy
Guy J. Petruzzelli

23 Anterior Craniofacial Resection: Raveh
Technique
Kurt Laedrach

24 Cranialization of the Frontal Sinus
Dennis Kraus

25 Frontal Sinus Osteoplastic Flap with and without
Obliteration
Peter H. Hwang

PART III: MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA
26 Suprapetrous Approach to the Lateral Cavernous
Sinus
Giorgio Frank and Ernesto Pasquini

27 Suprapetrous Approach to Meckel's Cave and
the Middle Cranial Fossa
Paul A. Gardner and Carl H. Snyderman

28 Infrapetrous Approach to the Jugular
Foramen
Paul A. Gardner and Carl H. Snyderman

29 Surgery for Angiofibroma
Aldo C. Stamm

30 Modified Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy
Johnny B. Delashaw

31 Preauricular Approach to the Infratemporal Skull
Base
Ziv Gil

32 Anterior Transpetrosal Approach to the Middle
Cranial Fossa and Posterior Cranial Fossa
Chandranath Sen

33 Postauricular Approach to the Infratemporal
Skull Base
John P. Leonetti

34 Transorbital Endoscopic Approaches to the
Middle Cranial Fossa
Kris S. Moe and Richard G. Ellenbogen

PART IV: POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA

35 Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary Transposition
Approach to the Superior Clivus
Paul A. Gardner and Carl H. Snyderman

36 Transclival Approach to the Middle and Lower
Clivus
Paul A. Gardner and Carl H. Snyderman

37 Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to the
Craniocervical Junction and Odontoid
Carl H. Snyderman and Paul A. Gardner

38 Combined Supra- and Infratentorial Presigmoid
Retrolabyrinthine Transpetrosal Approach
Chandranath Sen

39 Far Lateral Transcervical Approach to the Lower
Clivus and Upper Cervical Spine
William T. Couldwell

PART V: RECONSTRUCTION

40 Nonvascularized Repair of Small Dural
Defects
Vijay K. Anand and Theodore H. Schwartz

41 Nonvascularized Repair of Large Dural
Defects
Paolo Castelnuovo

42 Nasoseptal Flap
Allan Vescan

43 Middle Turbinate Flap
C. Arturo Solares

44 Inferior Turbinate Flap
Carl H. Snyderman

45 The Temporoparietal Fascial Flap in Skull
Base Reconstruction
Mark A. Varvares

46 Extracranial Pericranial Flap
Adam M. Zanation

47 Transcranial Pericranial Flap
Carl H. Snyderman

48 Temporalis Muscle in Skull Base
Reconstruction
Guy J. Petruzzelli