Surgery of Cranial Base Tumors

Introduction - general neurosurgical operative techniques and instrumentation in cranial base surgery, Laligam N. Sekhar, et al; introduction - general orolayngologic/plastic surgery operative techniques and instrumentation in cranial base surgery, Ivo P. Janeckal MRI and CT in the evaluation of skull base masses, William L. Hirsch, Jr; balloon test occlusion, Joseph A. Horton, et al; interventional neuroradiology - embolization, Charles A. Jungreis and Joseph A. Horton; cerebral revascularization in cranial base surgery, Mark E. Linskey, et al; special anaesthetic considerations in cranial base tumour surgery, Rene M. Gonzalez; methods of neurophysiological monitoring during cranial base tumour resection, Robert J. Sclahassi, et al; the anterior and middle cranial fossae including the cavernous sinus and orbit, Johannes Lang; anatomy of the paranasal sinuses, Johannes Lang; anatomy of the posterior cranial fossa, Johannes Lang; anterior and anterolateral craniofacial resection, Ivo P. Janecka and Laligam N. Sekhar; complications of skull base operations, Chandranath Sen, et al; anterior, anterolateral, and lateral approaches to extradural petroclival tumours, Laligam N. Sekhar, et al; transoral approach to intra/ extradural tumours, H. Alan Crockard; the transmaxillary approach to the clivus, H. Alan Crockard; facial translocation approach to nasopharynx, Clivus, and infratemporal fossa, ivo P. Janecka, et al; the transmandibular-transcervical approach to the skull base, Yosef P. Krespi and Gady Har-El; transtemporal and infratemporal approach for benign tumours of the jugular foramen and temporal bone, Barry E. Hirsch, et al; surgical excision of petrous apex lesions, Ricardo Ramina, et al; petrosal approach to clival tumours, Ossama Al-Mefty; classification, technique, and results of surgical resection of petrous bone tumours, Laligam N. Sekhar, et al; the transsphernoidal approach to invasive sellar and clival lesions, Rudolf Fablbusch and Michael buckfelder; glomus jugulare tumours, C. Gary Jackson, et al; glomus vagale tumours, Eugen J. Dolan and Patricl Gullane; translabyrinthine/transcochlear approaches, Derald E. Brackmann; the middle fossa approach, Derald E. Brackmann; surgical strategy for jugular foramen tumours, Madjid Sanii and Walter Bini; extreme lateral transcondylar and transjugular approaches, Chandranath Sen and Laligam N. Seckhar; Part contents.