OBJECTIVE: To categorize a surgical approach to the skull base.
DESIGN: Retrospective assessment of an evolving concept pertaining to the facial translocation procedure.
SETTING: Schematic/conceptual.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: To allow favorable surgical reach of the essential anatomy at the cranial base with the potential for functional and esthetic reconstruction.
RESULTS: The facial translocation technique of modular craniofacial disassembly of facial units permits a satisfactory match between, a skull base tumor and a selected surgical approach. Individual units have a complementary relationship to one another, allowing an expansion of the surgical approach as needed.
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