Embolization of Skull Base Tumors
3 Embolization of Skull Base Tumors Daniel A. Tonetti and Brian T. Jankowitz Summary This chapter will review the different methods of embolizing skull base tumors including common pitfalls and…
Endoscopic Endonasal Aneurysm Treatment
8 Endoscopic Endonasal Aneurysm Treatment 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…
Neurophysiologic Monitoring and Its Role During Cerebrovascular Injury
21 Neurophysiologic Monitoring and Its Role During Cerebrovascular Injury Carla J.A. Ferreira, Katherine Anetakis, Donald J. Crammond, Jeffrey R. Balzer, and Parthasarathy D. Thirumala Summary Vascular injury is one of…
Alternatives to Standard Bypass Techniques for Skull Base Tumors (Including Direct IMax Bypass)
6 Alternatives to Standard Bypass Techniques for Skull Base Tumors (Including Direct IMax Bypass) Kevin Kwan, Julia R. Schneider, Ivo Peto, and Amir R. Dehdashti Summary The intimate involvement of…
Dealing with Major Intraoperative Vascular Injury
10 Dealing with Major Intraoperative Vascular Injury Sean P. Polster, Paul A. Gardner, and Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda Summary Prevention and management of complications is a cornerstone of surgery. As endoscopic…
Simulation and Training—Preparing for Vascular Injury
22 Simulation and Training—Preparing for Vascular Injury Rowan Valentine and Peter-John Wormald Summary Vascular injury is perhaps the most challenging complication of skull base surgery to manage. Given that most…
Posterior Fossa During Open Skull Base Surgery
14 Posterior Fossa During Open Skull Base Surgery David L. Penn, Marte Van Keulen, and Nicholas C. Bambakidis Summary In any skull base operation where the operative corridor can be…
Evaluation of Tumor-Involved Vasculature (Including Balloon Test Occlusion)
2 Evaluation of Tumor-Involved Vasculature (Including Balloon Test Occlusion) Joao Alves Rosa, Becky Hunt, and Shelley Renowden Summary The most common tumors to involve the skull base are meningiomas and…
Dealing with Major Intraoperative Vascular Injury During Endonasal Approaches to the Anterior Skull Base
9 Dealing with Major Intraoperative Vascular Injury During Endonasal Approaches to the Anterior Skull Base Vincent Dodson, Neil Majmundar, Gurkirat Kohli, Wayne D. Hsueh, Jean Anderson Eloy, and James K….
Vascular Supply of Local-Regional Flaps in Skull Base Surgery
4 Vascular Supply of Local-Regional Flaps in Skull Base Surgery Philippe Lavigne and Eric W. Wang Summary With the advent of new technologies and better understanding of the anatomy, skull…
