What's New in Skull Base Medicine and Surgery? Skull Base Committee Report

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Leong JL Batra PS Citardi MJ . Three-dimensional computed tomography angiography of the internal carotid artery for preoperative evaluation of sinonasal lesions and intraoperative surgical navigation Laryngoscope 2005;115:1618–23

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Zimmer LA Branstetter BF Nayak JV . Current use of 18-F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and combined positron emission tomography and computed tomography in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck Laryngoscope 2005;115:2029–34

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Robinson DH . Vascular lesions of the skull base: endovascular prospective for the otolaryngologist Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2005;38:737–71

Chiu AG Palmer KN Cohen N . Use of image-guided computed tomography-magnetic resonance fusion for complex endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery Laryngoscope 2005;115:753–5

Patel SG Singh B Polluri A . Craniofacial surgery for malignant skull base tumors: report of an international collaborative study Cancer 2003;98:1179–87

Ganly I Patel SG Singh B . Craniofacial resection for malignant paranasal sinus tumors: report of an international collaborative study Head Neck 2005;27:575–84

Ganly I Patel SG Singh B . Complications of craniofacial resection for malignant tumors of the skull base: report of an international collaborative study Head Neck 2005;27:445–51

Gill Z Orr-Urtreger A Singh B . Cytogenetic analysis of sinonasal carcinoma Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2006;134:654–60

Gil Z Abergel A Spektor S . Development of a cancer-specific anterior skull base quality-of-life questionnaire J Neurosurg 2004;100:813–9

Gil Z Abergel A Spektor S . Quality of life following surgery for anterior skull base tumors Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2004;129:1303–9

Pasquini E Sciarretta V Frank G . Endoscopic treatment of benign tumors of the nose and paranasal sinuses Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2004;131:180–6

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Spektor S Valarezo J Fliss DM . Olfactory groove meningiomas from neurosurgical and ear, nose, and throat perspectives: approaches, techniques, and outcomes Neurosurgery 2005;57:268–80

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Chang KP Tsang NM Chen CY . Endoscopic management of skull base osteoradionecrosis Laryngoscope 2000;110:1162–5

Singh A Al Khabori M Hyder MJH . Skull base osteomyelitis: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in atypical presentation Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2005;133:121–5

Carrau RL Kassam AB Snyderman CH . Pituitary surgery Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2001;34:1143–55

Presentation Abstracts. Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the North American Skull Base Society Skull Base 2005;15: Suppl 1

Presentation Abstracts. 7th European Skull Base Society Congress. Skull Base 2005;15: Suppl 2

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Kassam A Snyderman CH Mintz A . Expanded endonasal approach: the rostrocaudal axis. Part II. Posterior clinoids to the foramen magnum Neurosurg Focus 2005;19:E4

Kassam A Gardner P Snyderman CH . Expanded endonasal approach: fully endoscopic, completely transnasal approach to the middle third of the clivus, petrous bone, middle cranial fossa, and infratemporal fossa Neurosurg Focus 2005;19:E6

Snyderman CH Kassam AB Carrau R . Endoscopic approaches to the petrous apex Op Tech Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (in press)

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Leong JL Batra PS Citardi MJ . Three-dimensional computed tomography angiography of the internal carotid artery for preoperative evaluation of sinonasal lesions and intraoperative surgical navigation Laryngoscope 2005;115:1618–23

To EW Yuen EH Tsang WM . The use of stereotactic navigation guidance in minimally invasive transnasal nasopharyngectomy: a comparison with the conventional open transfacial approach Br J Radiol 2002;75:345–50

Bumm K Wurm J Rachinger J . An automated robotic approach with redundant navigation for minimally invasive extended transsphenoidal skull base surgery Minim Invasive Neurosurg 2005;48:159–64

Schlosser RJ Bolger WE . Image-guided procedures of the skull base Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2005;38:483–90

Nameki N Kato T Nameki I . Selective reconstructive options for the anterior skull base Int J Clin Oncol 2005;10:223–8

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Georgantopoulou A Hodgkinson M Gerber CJ . Cranial-base surgery: a reconstructive algorithm Br J Plast Surg 2003;56:10–3

Lorenz RR Dean RL Hurley DB . Endoscopic reconstruction of anterior and middle cranial fossa defects using acellular dermal allograft Laryngoscope 2003;113:496–501

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Gil Z Fliss D . Pericranial wrapping of the frontal bone after anterior skull base tumor resection Plast Reconstr Surg 2005;116:395–8

Rodrigues M O'Malley BW Staeker H . Extended pericranial flap and bone graft reconstruction in anterior skull base surgery Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2004;131:69–76

Gok A Erkutlu I Alptekin M . Three-layer reconstruction with fascia lata and vascularized pericranium for anterior skull base defects Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2004;146:53–7

Califano J Cordiero PG Disa JJ . Anterior cranial base reconstruction using free tissue transfer: changing trends Head Neck Surg 2003;2:89–96

Weber SM Kim J Delashaw JB . Radial forearm free tissue transfer in the management of persistent cerebrospinal fluid leaks Laryngoscope 2005;115:968–72

Chepeha DB Wang SJ Marentette LJ . Radial forearm free tissue transfer reduces complications in salvage skull base surgery Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2004;131:958–63

Imola MJ Sciarretta J Schramm V . Skull base reconstruction Head Neck Surg 2003;11:282–90

Verret DJ Ducic Y Oxford L . Hydroxyapatite cement in craniofacial reconstruction Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2005;133:897–9

Wackym PA . Stereotactic radiosurgery, microsurgery, and expectant management of acoustic neuroma: basis for informed consent Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2005;38:653–70

Smouha EE Yoo M Mohr K . Conservative management of acoustic neuroma: a meta-analysis and proposed treatment algorithm Laryngoscope 2005;115:450–4

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Lunsford LD Niranjan A Flickinger JC . Radiosurgery of vestibular schwannomas: summary of experience in 829 cases J Neurosurg 2005;102:195–9

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Colletti V Fiorino F . Middle fossa versus retrosigmoid-transmeatal approach in vestibular schwannoma surgery: a prospective study Otol Neurotol 2003;24:927–34

Mangham CA . Retrosigmoid versus middle fossa surgery for small vestibular schwannomas Laryngoscope 2004;114:1455–61

Colletti V Fiorino F . Is the middle fossa approach the treatment of choice for intracanalicular vestibular schwannoma? Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2005;132:459–66

Mamikoglu B Esquivel CR Wiet RJ . Comparison of facial nerve function results after translabyrinthine and retrosigmoid approach in medium-sized tumors Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003;129:429–31

Darrouzet V Martel J Enee V . Vestibular schwannoma surgery outcomes: our multidisciplinary experience in 400 cases over 17 years Laryngoscope 2004;114:681–8

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Satar B Yetiser S Ozkaptan Y . Impact of tumor size on hearing outcome and facial function with the middle fossa approach for acoustic neuroma: a meta-analytic study Acta Otolaryngol 2003;123:499–505

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Danner C Mastrodimos B Cueva RA . A comparison of direct eighth nerve monitoring and auditory brainstem response in hearing preservation surgery for vestibular schwannoma Otol Neurotol 2004;25:826–32

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Tos T Caye-Thomasen P Stangerup SE . Long term socio-economic impact of vestibular schwannoma for patients under observation and after surgery J Laryngol Otol 2003;117:955–64

Humphriss RL Baguley DM Moffat DA . Change in dizziness handicap after vestibular schwannoma excision Otol Neurotol 2003;24:661–5

Schaller B Baumann A . Headache after removal of vestibular schwannoma via the retrosigmoid approach: a long-term follow-up study Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003;128:387–95

Betchen SA Walsh J Post KD . Self-assessed quality of life after acoustic neuroma surgery J Neurosurg 2003;99:818–23

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Okunaga T Matsuo T Hayashi N . Linear accelerator radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: measuring tumor volume changes on serial three-dimensional spoiled gradient-echo magnetic resonance images J Neurosurg 2005;103:53–8

Limb CJ Long DM Niparko JK . Acoustic neuromas after failed radiation therapy: challenges of surgical salvage Laryngoscope 2005;115:93–8

Macandie C Crowther JA . Quality of life in patients with vestibular schwannomas managed conservatively Clin Otolaryngol 2004;29:215–8

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Teknos TN Smith JC Day TA . Microvascular free tissue transfer in reconstructing skull base defects: lessons learned Laryngoscope 2002;112:1871–6

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