Skull base surgery for malignant nasal and paranasal tumors involving anterior skull base

Malignant tumors of the anterior skull base.

BACKGROUND Cancers of the paranasal sinuses or nasal cavity are the most common malignant tumors of the anterior skull base. Several types of tumors occur in this location, including cancers of endodermal, mesodermal, and epidermal origins. Although anterior skull base surgery is a relatively recent approach in treating these tumors, widespread changes have already occurred in procedural method...

Endoscopic Surgery of the Paranasal Sinuses and Anterior Skull Base

Prognostic factors in sinonasal tumors involving the anterior skull base.

BACKGROUND Anterior craniofacial resection is a standardized procedure for the treatment of ethmoid and frontal orbital tumors with intracranial invasion. METHODS A retrospective review of 100 patients with sinonasal tumors involving the anterior skull base who underwent combined craniofacial surgery at the Hospital Central de Asturias. RESULTS The most frequent pathologic entity was adenoc...

Quality of life following surgery for anterior skull base tumors.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate patients' quality of life (QOL) after surgical extirpation of anterior skull base tumors, to elucidate different QOL domains, and to define possible predictors of functional outcome postoperatively. DESIGN Retrospective survey. SETTING University-affiliated medical center. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-nine patients (76 consecutive cases) who underwent subcranial surgery betwe...

Nasal reconstruction in surgery of the anterior skull base.

OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate the effectiveness of a number of surgical maneuvers in nasal reconstruction of a diverse population of patients undergoing skull base surgery. Study design We conducted a retrospective review of a cohort of patients undergoing nasal reconstruction during surgery of the anterior skull base and craniovertebral junction. METHODS All patients undergoing skull base...