A review of ail publications dealing with surgical treatment for squamous cell carcinoma of
the temporal bone was performed. No randomized or nonrandomized control studies were …

THE MANAGEMENT OF chordomas and chondrosarcomas involving the cranial base remains
controversial. The options for therapy include biopsy, partial resection, radical resection, …

✓ The extended frontal approach is a modification of the transbasal approach of Derome.
The addition of a bilateral orbitofrontal or orbitofrontoethmoidal osteotomy improves the …

Reconstruction of surgical defects in 30 patients undergoing surgery of the anterior cranial
base was performed using pericranial, galeopericranial, and galeal scalp flaps. Twenty‐…

Nasopharynx, clivus, and cavernous sinus are difficult regions of the cranial base in which to
perform oncologic surgery. We have developed an approach to this area by using facial soft …

… Sekhar LN, Janecka IP, eds. Surgery of cranial base tumors. New York: Raven Press, 1993:…
Sekhar LN, Janecka IP, eds. Surgery of cranial base tumors. New York: Raven Press, 1993:…

: Between 1980 and 1988, 8 patients with chordomas and 9 with low-grade chondrosarcomas
involving the cranial base were treated. All the patients were investigated preoperatively …

✓ Sixteen patients with trigeminal neurilemoma have been treated at the University Health
Center of Pittsburgh during the last 15 years. Two patients had middle fossa tumors arising …

Forty-two patients with neoplasms involving the cavernous sinus had operations between
1983 and 1987. The lesions included 25 benign tumors (eg, meningioma, neurilemoma) and …

Objective/Hypothesis: The treatment of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the sinonasal
tract has evolved from routine exenteration of the orbital contents to sparing of the orbit when …