All Content Available Saturday, February 13, 2021
*Schedule & Topics Subject to Change
Time (Pacific) | Session |
8:00am – 8:30am | Presidential Opening Remarks:
John G. Golfinos, MD |
8:35am – 9:35am | Topic 1: Meningioma
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8:35am – 9:35am | Topic 2: Pituitary
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9:40am – 10:40am | Topic 3: Complication
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9:40am – 10:40am | Topic 4: Covid
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10:45am – 10:55am | Break |
10:55am – 11:15am | Main Presentation – Advances in Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery
Michel Kalamarides, MD, PhD Michel Kalamarides is a Professor of Neurosurgery at Pitié-Salpetrière Hôpital (Faculté de Medécine, Sorbonne- Université), Paris France. He is specialized in vestibular schwannoma and meningioma surgery. He has performed more than 1500 CPA tumor surgeries with neuro-otology team previously led by Olivier Sterkers. Within a large INSERM unit- U 1127 at Brain and Spine Institute (Pitié-Salpetrière), Dr. Kalamarides is leading a research group on meningioma, particularly using mouse models to dissect the mechanisms of meningioma initiation and progression. He is leading the French NF2 reference clinical center and the French NF2 network. |
11:20am – 12:20pm | Topic 5: Acoustic Neuroma
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11:20am – 12:20pm | Topic 6: Open Approaches
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12:25pm – 1:25pm | Topic 7: Malignancies & Chordoma
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12:25pm – 1:25pm | Topic 8: Reconstruction
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12:25pm – 1:25pm | Topic 9: Training, EEA Technology, and Malignancies
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1:30pm – 2:30pm | Closing Remarks:
Daniel Prevedello, MD and Arturo Solares, MD |
Pre-Recorded Presentations on:
- Anatomy Of The Skull Base
- Comparison between Far Lateral Approach, Far Medial Expanded Endonasal Approach and Contralateral Transmaxillary Corridor to the Jugular Tubercle – Cleiton Formentin, MD
- Ethmoidal Width as a Predictor of the Size and Surgical Freedom of the Trans-Cribriform Corridor. – Zaid Aljuboori, MD
- Aneurysms
- Skull base approaches for cerebrovascular disorders – M.R. Fasinella, MD
- Standard Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy vs Mini Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy Via an Eyebrow Incision for Microsurgical Treatment of Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms – David R Peters, MD
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks
- Single-arm, open-label, multicenter study to evaluate the safety and performance of Dura Sealant Patch in reducing CSF leakage following elective cranial surgery; the ENCASE trial – Tristan P van Doormaal, MD, PhD
- Simple Non-Watertight Closure for Keyhole Retrosigmoid Craniotomies – Is Less More? – Andrew K Wong, MD
- Clinical Outcomes of Surgical and Pharmacological Treatment of Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid leaks to the Temporal Bone – Shubham Patel, BS
- Clival Tumors/Chordoma/Chondroid Tumors
- An institutional review of clinical outcomes for skull base chordoma: An analysis of 263 cases over 19 years – Nallammai Muthiah
- Long-term outcomes of grade I–II skull base chondrosarcoma: an insight into the role of surgery and radiotherapy – Hirotaka Hasegawa, MD, PhD
- Surgical Management of Clival Malignancies: Predictors of Quality of Life – Patrick J Hunt
- Chondrosarcoma of the skull base: a single-institution 15-year review – Alyssa M Civantos
- Metastatic chordoma is associated with significantly shorter progression free survival following resection – Zachary C Gersey, MD
- Complications Of Skull Base Surgery
- Preoperative Bleeding Risk Factors in Patients with Morbid Obesity Undergoing Anterior Skull Base Surgery – Aksha Parray, BA
- Complication Frequency and Timing in Patients with Morbid Obesity Undergoing Anterior Skull Base Surgery – Aksha Parray, BA
- Risk Factors for Postoperative Intracranial Infections during Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery and the Role of Antibiotic Prophylaxis – Daniel E Palmieri
- Review of venous thromboembolic prophylaxis in Cushing syndrome patients undergoing endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery – Justin P McCormick, MD
- Sepsis and Wound Complications in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome Undergoing Anterior Skull Base Surgery – Chris B Choi, BS
- Prediction of Readmission and Complications in Pituitary Adenoma Resection via the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Database – Michael Karsy, MD, PhD, MSc
- Complications of Endoscopic Anterior Craniofacial Resections: A 10-Year Experience – Erin K Reilly, MD
- Skull Base Complications and 30-Day Readmission: An Evaluation of the Elderly from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Database – Michael Karsy, MD, PhD, MSc
- Intraoperative Protocol for the Management of Carotid Artery Injury During Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery – Zachary M Kassir, BA
- Risk Factors for and Rate of Development of Venous Thromboembolism in Lateral Skull Base Surgery – Brian Anderson, DO
- Cost Utility Of Skull Base Treatments
- Cost-Effectiveness of DOTATATE PET/MRI for Radiation Treatment Planning in Patients with Intermediate-Risk Meningioma. – Jose Rodriguez, MD
- Craniofacial Surgery
- A Device to Quantify Orbital Compliance and Soft Tissue Restriction – Henry Bair
- Craniopharyngiomas
- Malignant Craniopharyngioma: The Effect of Radiation Therapy on Malignant Transformation and Chemotherapy on Survival – Turki Elarjani
- Development Of Novel Technology
- Signal To Noise Ratio Increases with Miniature Surface Coil Position as Demonstrated by Both Numerical Simulation and Experimental Validation – Sophie M Peeters, MD
- Use of Stimulated Raman Histology for Rapid Intraoperative Diagnosis in Sinonasal Malignancy – Conall Fitzgerald
- Artificial cerebrospinal fluid circulation in cadaver – Breakthrough in neuroendoscopy skill learning – Sanjeev Kolagi, MD
- Endoscopic Assisted And Keyhold Approaches
- Keyhole Surgical Approaches for Skull Base and Other Intracranial Meningiomas: Technical Nuances and Clinical Outcomes in 177 Patients – Jai Thakur
- Risk Factors and Outcomes of SPA Ligation for Treatment of Recurrent Epistaxis – Theodore D Klug, MD, MPH
- Distal Arterial Decompression Of Trigeminal Nerve near Meckel’s Cave Improves Facial Pain Outcomes During Fully Endoscopic Microvascular Decompression – Rachel Blue, MD
- Endoscopic Transnasal Skull Base Surgery
- Factors Associated with 30-Day Readmission after Endoscopic Endonasal Transphenoidal Resection of Sellar Lesions – Pawina Jiramongkolchai
- Chondrosarcoma: meta-analysis of endoscopic endonasal surgical approach – Jesse D Lawrence, MD
- An Institutional Evolution of Endoscopic Endonasal Odontoidectomy: from Occipito-cervical Fusion to Atlanto-Axial Fusion, to Partial Anterior Arch of C1 Resection, and Utilization of a Retropharyngeal Vascularized Flap – Hanna Algattas
- Silent corticotroph pituitary adenomas: clinical characteristics, long term outcomes, and management of disease recurrence – Ben A Strickland, MD
- Timing of surgical intervention in patients with pituitary apoplexy and cranial nerves deficits; single center experience – Fahad Alkherayf
- Head And Neck Tumors
- Comparison of treatment outcome in patients with glomus jugular tumors after surgery and radiotherapy – Ali Kouhi
- Diversity of affected genes and genetic variants among patients with malignant paragangliomas of the head and neck at a single-institution. – Colleen G Hochfelder, MD, MS
- The Cranio-Orbitozygomatic Approach In The Management of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer – Roberto M. Soriano, MD
- Inflammatory And Infectious Skull Base Conditions
- Treatment and Prognosis of Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Skull Base – Sidney J Perkins, MSc
- Factors Predicting Long Term Survival in Acute Invasive Fungal Sinusitis: – Glen D’Souza, MD
- Innovative Techniques, Technology, And Approaches To The Skull Base
- Systematic Review of Intraoperative Indocyanine Green for Assessment of Flap Perfusion – Noah Shaikh, MD
- Volumetric 3-dimensional analysis of the supraorbital versus pterional approach to intracranial structures – Assessment of the Volume of Surgical Freedom – Lena Mary Houlihan, MD, MCH
- Perioperative Tranexamic Acid for ACTH-secreting Pituitary Adenomas: Technical Note and Preliminary Cohort Study – Christopher S Graffeo, MD, MS
- Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
- The Clinical Utility of Neuromonitoring in Endoscopic Endonasal Pituitary Surgery – Annie Orr
- Lateral Skull Base Surgery
- Management of Vestibular Dysfunction and Hearing Loss in Intralabyrinthine Schwannomas – Douglas J Totten
- Transcanal transpromontorial approach for resection of tumors of the inner ear, internal auditory canal, and cerebellopontine angle: An evolution in technique – Daniel E Killeen, MD
- Risk Factors Associated with Necessity for Intensive Care Utilization in Lateral Skull Base Surgery – Robert M Conway, DO
- Medical Management Of Skull Base Neoplasms
- Managing Antiplatelets and Anticoagulants Following Craniotomy for Tumor Resection: A Survey of Board-Certified Neurosurgeons – Nimer Adeeb, MD
- A comparison of overall survival between definitive local therapy versus systemic therapy in metastatic sinonasal malignancies – Aman Prasad, BS
- Postoperative Opioid Use in Skull Base Craniotomies and Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery – Tamia Potter, BS
- Meningiomas
- Posterior petrous face meningiomas presenting with Ménière’s-like syndrome: a case series and review of the literature – Ramin A Morshed, MD
- Gross total resection of the petroclival meningioma in the era of radiosurgery : a multi-decade Institutional experience – Ben A Strickland, MD
- MR-guided Laser Induced Thermotherapy (MRgLITT) as a feasible new treatment for skull base tumors – Jesse D Lawrence, MD
- A Meta-analysis of Endoscopic Endonasal versus Supraorbital Craniotomy Approaches for Anterior Skull Base Meningiomas – Scott C Seaman, MD
- Therapeutic Outcomes of Spheno-Orbital Meningiomas and Factors Influencing Recurrence Over a 32 Year Period – Ann Tran, MD
- The effect of functional status, age, and medical comorbidities on the perioperative complication profile of skull base meningioma resection in elderly patients – Colin Przybylowski, MD
- A Systematic Review of Transcranial versus Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Suprasellar Meningiomas – Matthew H Snyder, BS
- Safety and Efficacy of Pre-operative embolization of Meningioma – Manasa G Rao, BS
- Microvascular Decompression
- Economic Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Surgical Intervention for Trigeminal Neuralgia: Analysis from a National Database – Ronan J Doherty
- Novel Techniques and Treatment
- Sinusitis after Maxillectomy with Free Flap Reconstruction: Incidence and Clinical Approach – David K Lerner, MD
- Intracranial Hypertension Secondary to Venous Outflow Obstruction – Edward J Hepworth, MD
- Prevalence and Trends of Surgical Intervention for Trigeminal Neuralgia in the Inpatient Setting in the United States: Analyses from a National Database from 2002-2015 – Alexander Y Alexander
- Oncologic Outcomes
- Oncologic Outcomes and Orbital Preservation in Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Secondary Orbital Tumors – Katie Melder, MD
- Predictors of distant recurrence in sinonasal/skull base cancer – Cristina Valero, MD, PhD
- Outcomes in Surgical Management of Sinonasal / Skull Base Tumors – A Single Comprehensive Cancer Center Experience – Dauren Adilbay
- Orbital Tumors
- Combined endonasal and orbital approach for resection of orbital apical tumors – Liza M Cohen, MD
- Pediatric Skull Base Surgery
- Multi-institutional pediatric skull base chordoma experience – Uma S Ramaswamy, MD
- Characteristics and Outcomes of Pediatric Lateral Skull Base Tumors: 15 years of experience – Elizabeth L Perkins, MD
- Preoperative Risk Factors Associated with Intraoperative CSF Leaks in Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery in Children – Hussein Jaffal, MD
- Pituitary Tumors
- Treatment of Giant Pituitary Adenomas in the Era of Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery: Strategy, Outcome and Complications – Stefan Wolfsberger, MD
- Antibiotic use in endoscopic endonasal pituitary and skull base surgery – Morcos N Nakhla, MS
- Can Private vs Government Insurance Predict Neurosurgical Outcomes? An Analysis of 218 Nonfunctional Pituitary Adenoma Resections Across Seven Years – Robert C Osorio, BS
- Pseudocapsular Dissection Improves Residual, Recurrence Rates and Time to Recurrence in Cushing’s Disease Patients – Sophie Peeters
- Ki-67 and Recurrence in Pituitary Adenomas: A Systematic Review – Colten P Wolf
- Surgical Management of Prolactin Adenomas in women – Edward R Laws
- Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes of Pituitary Apoplexy: Comparison of Conservative Management versus Early Surgical Intervention – Matthew Shepard, MD
- Endocrine outcomes after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for non-functioning pituitary adenomas – Jenie H Hwang, MD
- Evaluation of Early Post-Operative Day 1 Discharge After Endoscopic, Endonasal Pituitary Adenoma Resection – Si Y Yu, BA
- Active Surveillance Versus Definitive Treatment for Pituitary Adenomas: A Population-Based and Propensity Score Analysis – Brandon M Lehrich, BS
- Surgical Treatment of Pituitary Adenoma in Young versus Elderly Patients: A Population-Based Analysis – Brandon M Lehrich, BS
- Gadolinium is not necessary for most post-operative pituitary adenoma imaging surveillance – Racheal Peterson, MD
- Quality Of Life Following Skull Base Surgery
- Ketorolac Administration Reduces Opioid Usage in Postoperative Pituitary Adenoma Patients – Chhitij Tiwari
- Predictors of Sinonasal Quality of Life Following Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery in a Multicenter Prospective Trial – Christina E Sarris, MD
- Trigeminal Schwannoma: A Retrospective Analysis of Endoscopic Endonasal Management, Treatment Outcomes, and Neuropathic Sequalae – Vijay A Patel, MD
- Dizziness outcomes: a meta-analysis comparing Vestibular Schwannoma management strategies – Bryce T Munter, MSE
- Socioeconomic Factors and Postoperative Endocrine Outcomes in Pituitary Adenoma Patients – Chhitij Tiwari
- Quality-of-Life after endoscopic endonasal approach for anterior skull base meningioma – Matthew Z Sun, MD
- Factors influencing postoperative opioid use following endoscopic skull base surgery. – Ryan Rimmer, MD
- Quality-of-Life After Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Anterior Skull Base Meningiomas – Matthew Sun, MD
- Sinonasal Neoplasms
- Defining the Role of HPV in the Malignant Transformation of Sinonasal Inverted Papillomas: A Meta Analysis – Wesley H Stepp, MD, PhD
- Determinants of patient refusal of post-operative radiation therapy in sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma – Aman Prasad, BS
- Skull Base Reconstruction
- Skull Base Reconstruction with ALT Flap: Case Series – S. Hamad Sagheer
- The Evolution of Skull Base Reconstruction After Endoscopic Transnasal Transsphenoidal Surgery at a Large Academic Institution – Sophie Peeters
- Skull Base Repair and Extent of Pituitary Adenoma Removal – Chhitij Tiwari
- Outcomes After Surgery For Sinonasal and Skull Base Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Single Institution Experience – Conall Fitzgerald
- Skull Base Surgery
- Prognosis of distant metastatic sites in anterior skull base malignancies – Daniel O Kraft, BA
- Prognosis of distant metastatic sites in anterior skull base malignancies – Neeraja Konuthula, MD
- Multiportal retrograde endoscopy to enhance surgical target visualization: a pilot study. – Neeraja Konuthula, MD
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Temporal Trends, Regional Analysis and Characteristics of Utilization of Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Pituitary Tumors in the United States: Analyses from the National Cancer Database – Mohammed Ali Alvi, MBBS, MS
- Pretreatment ADC predicts response to radiosurgery in solid vestibular schwannomas – Pranay Soni, MD
- Application of Stereotactic Diffusion Tensor Tractography for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery of the Skull Base. – Cormac G Gavin, FRCSI, FRCSSN
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) With or Without Surgical Resection for Pituitary Adenoma: Insights from the National Cancer Database – Andre E Boyke, MS
- Telemedicine
- Telemedicine in a Tertiary Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery Practice: Utility, Impact, and Patient Satisfaction in the Post COVID-19 Era. – Matthew Du, BS
- Temporal Bone Tumors
- Temporal Bone Resection in Advanced Periauricular Cutaneous Malignancy – Michael Schachtel, MD
- Training And Education
- Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Novel Rodent-based Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Simulation System Using Advanced Biometric Analysis – Avital Perry, MD
- Transorbital Skull Base Surgery
- Transorbital microscopic surgery: the most minimally invasive corridor to many intracranial structures – Lena Mary Houlihan, MD, MCH
- Vestibular Schwannomas
- Hearing Loss and Volumetric Growth Rate in Observed Vestibular Schwannoma Patients – Zane Schnurman, MD, MBA
- Functional outcomes and postoperative cerebral venous sinus thrombosis after translabyrinthine approach for acoustic neuroma resection: a radiographic demonstration of anatomic predictors – Christina Gerges, BS
- Fractionated and single-fraction radiosurgery among vestibular schwannoma patients with serviceable hearing: comparison of treatment and hearing outcomes – Komal Naeem, MD
- Medical Malpractice and Vestibular Schwannomas: A Nationwide Review – Edward R Bader, MBChB
- Stereotactic radiosurgery as primary treatment in fast-growing vestibular schwannomas: a metanalysis – Leanne O Hamilton, MB, MCH, BAO, BScHons, MRCS, ENT
Topics to include:
- Adjuncts To Skull Base Reconstruction
- Steroid-eluting stent bolster for CSF leak reconstruction during endoscopic endonasal repair – Feras Y Ackall, MD
- Middle cranial fossa approach for repair of tegmen tympani with autologous bone paste for spontaneous otorrhea. Case report and review of the literature. – Adesh Tandon, MD
- Anatomy Of The Skull Base
- Skull-base vascular anatomy of the infratemporal fossa pertinent to percutaneous access to the foramen ovale for treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: a comparison of cadaveric dissection and computed tomography analysis – Jesse D Lawrence, MD
- Correlation Between the Clival Parameters and the Volume of Translabyrinthine Corridor in Adults. – Zaid Aljuboori, MD
- Anatomical Step-by-Step Dissection of the Transcavernous Approach to the interpeduncular and prepontine cisterns: Surgical Anatomy of the Dorsoclival and Upper Basilar Area for Trainees – Edinson Najera, MD
- Variability and Gender-Related Differences of the Bony Anatomy of the Endonasal Central Skullbase in Adults – Zaid Aljuboori, MD
- Interactive Virtual Reality as an Anatomy Teaching Tool: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Trigeminal Nerve VR Model – Katherine L Garvey, MPH
- Anatomical Study Quantifying the Relationship between the Arcuate Eminence and the Root of the Zygoma: Application to Skull Base Surgery – Joseph D Lockwood
- Evaluation of Potential Nasoseptal Flap Size in Relationship to Flap Size Necessary for Frontal and Sphenoid Skull Base Reconstruction – Andrey Filimonov, MD, PharmD
- Clival Length as a Predictor of the Size of the TransClival, Petrous Apex, and Translabyrinthine Corridors in Adults. – Zaid Aljuboori, MD
- Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to the Ventral Midbrain For Brainstem Cavernous Malformations: An Anatomical and High Accuracy Fiber Tractography Study – Cleiton Formentin, MD
- Gender-Related Differences of the Dimensions of the Transclival, Petrous Apex, and Translabyrinthine Corridors in Adults. – Zaid Aljuboori, MD
- Relation Between the Internal Acoustic Canal and the Volume of Petrous Apex and Translabyrinthine Corridors in Adults. – Zaid Aljuboori, MD
- Transorbital approach to the skull base: a construction of 3D models using anatomical dissections – Clara J Men, MD
- A Cadaveric Study of Anatomical Relationships and Fascial Planes in Lateral Approaches to the Skull Base – Michael Schachtel, MD
- Revisiting the structure of the cavernous sinus walls: An anatomical study of the dural layers. – Arseniy Pichugin, MD, PhD
- Approach to the Orbital Surface of the Greater Wing of the Sphenoid through the Inferior Orbital Fissure – Yun-Kai Chan, MD
- Endonasal Anterior Skullbase: Variability of the Bony Anatomy and Gender-Related Differences in Adults – Zaid Aljuboori, MD
- Piriform height and The Clival Length as Predictors of the Size and Surgical Freedom of the TransClival Corridor. – Zaid Aljuboori, MD
- Correlation Between the Petroclival Parameters and the Posterior Fossa Volume in Adults. – Zaid Aljuboori, MD
- Aneurysms
- Novel Technique for Robotic-Assisted Protection of Intraoperative Aneurysm Rupture during Surgical Clipping – Keaton F Piper, MD
- Predictors of functional outcome in patients with poor-grade spontaneous non-aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage – Sami Khairy, MD
- Clinical presentation and treatment options for giant aneurysms: a case series in a low/middle-income setting – Stefan Koester, BS
- Endoscopic Transnasal Transodontoid Treatment of a Ruptured Anterior Spinal Artery Aneurysm – Edwin S Kulubya, MD
- ECA-RA-VA Bypass for Surgical Treatment of Radiculopathy caused by a Cervical Vertebral Artery Aneurysm – Edwin S Kulubya, MD
- Radiation Exposure in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage – Samuel W Reed, MD
- Lateral Supraorbital vs Pterional Approach for Clipping of Unruptured Anterior Circulation Aneurysms – Samuel J Cler, BS
- Biology Of Skull Base Neoplasms
- Epidermoid Cyst in a Patient with Alagille Syndrome: Coincidence or Connection? Case Report and Literature Review – Akhil Surapaneni, BS
- Cavernous Sinus Tumors
- Extramedullary Plasmacytoma of the Frontal Sinus: A Case Report – Joshua Harrison, MD
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks
- The Meniscus Sign: An Endoscopic Finding of Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea – Andrew L Iarocci
- Socioeconomic Status on Diagnosing and Treating Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks to the Temporal Bone – Shubham Patel, BS
- Chronic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea managed with endoscopic and open approaches – Tyler Scullen, MD
- Giant Skull Base Encephalocele with Lateral Ventricle Herniation – Mauricio Parra-Ferro
- Chemotherapy And Immunotherapy
- Management of Recurrent B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia to the Skull Base: Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, and the Role for Adjunctive Surgical Resection – Ryan Holland
- Chiari Surgery
- Chiari I Malformation Associated Syringomyelia – Daniel Kulinich, MS
- Clival Tumors/Chordoma/Chondroid Tumors
- Endoscopic Resection of Clival Chordomas: A Single-Institution Case Series – Douglas Farquhar, MD, MPH
- Complications Of Skull Base Surgery
- Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, and Renal Risk Factors in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome Undergoing Anterior Skull Base Surgery – Aksha Parray, BA
- Renal Function and Volume Status in Patients with Morbid Obesity Undergoing Anterior Skull Base Surgery – Aksha Parray, BA
- Effects of Chronic Steroid Therapy in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome Undergoing Anterior Skull Base Surgery – Aksha Parray, BA
- Drastic enophthalmos after orbital roof removal for tumor: Revisiting the dogma for when to consider orbital roof reconstruction and avoidance of post-operative morbidity. – Andrew J Montoure, MD
- Trigeminal neurotrophic nasal ulcers after resection of large cerebellopontine angle tumors: A case series – Keonho A Kong, MD
- COVID-19
- Ventilated Upper Airway Endoscopic Endonasal Procedure Mask: Surgical Safety in the COVID-19 Era – Roberto M. M Soriano, MD
- COVID-19 : A Novel Mask Design to Protect Healthcare Workers and Prevent Aerosolization from Patients. – Pascal Lavergne, MD, FRCSC
- Microscope Tent for Skull Base Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic – C Scott Brown, MD
- Development and validation of a face-mounted, negative-pressure antechamber for endonasal surgery – Mark Lee, BS, BA
- Development of a Low-cost Mask for Prevention of Aerosols Spreading in Endonasal Endoscopic Procedures to the Skull Base during the Covid-19 Pandemic – Edgar G Ordóñez-Rubiano, MD
- Microscopic Transsphenoidal Approach for Macroadenoma in an asymptomatic COVID-19 patient: A Case Report – Dominique Higgins, MDPhD
- COVID-19 Pandemic Significant Effect on Transsphenoidal Pituitary Resection Surgery (TSPR) at Inova Health System: An Institutional Experience – Luke Mugge, MD
- Safety of transsphenoidal pituitary surgery during the Covid-19 pandemic and comparison to the pre-pandemic era. – Meriem Amarouche, MSc, FRCS, SN
- Cranial Nerve Functional Outcomes Following Skull Base Surgery
- Endoscopic endonasal orbital decompression for carotid cavernous fistula – Noah Shaikh, MD
- Craniopharyngiomas
- Resection of a Recurrent Craniopharyngioma in a Four-year-old Patient; An Endoscopic Endonasal Transplanum/Transtuberculum Approach with Nasoseptal Flap Reconstruction – Lindsey Ryan, MD
- Descriptive Epidemiology of Craniopharyngiomas in the United States – Miguel A Recinos, BA
- Development Of Novel Technology
- Application of a Novel Scanner-Assisted Carbon Dioxide Laser System (SmartXide2) for Neurosurgery – Roberto Colasanti, MD
- Volumetric Models of Microsurgical and Endoscopic Anatomy of Internal Maxillary Artery Using 3-Dimensional Scanning Techniques – Atakan Orscelik
- Semi-automated Method for Editing Surgical Videos – Lingga Adidharma, BS
- Bi-Bole Bipolar Coagulation in the Resection of Challenging Intracranial Lesions: Analysis of Surgical Advantages – Jaafar Basma, MD
- Diseases Of The Craniocervical Junction
- Surgical Approaches to the Cranio-Vertebral Junction Disorders: our experience – M. Capece, MD
- Endoscopic Assisted And Keyhold Approaches
- Odontogenic Sinusitis: Predictors and Outcomes in Unilateral Sinusitis – Theodore D Klug, MD, MPH
- Endoscopic mastoidectomy : A morphometric cadaveric study – Pascal Lavergne, MD, FRCSC
- A Modified Sphenopalatine Artery Ligation Including Cautery of the Posterior Septal Artery – Theodore D Klug, MD, MPH
- Endoscopic Transnasal Skull Base Surgery
- A pure-endoscopic endonasal resection of an esthesioneuroblastoma invading the anterior cranial fossa – G. Rene Alvarez Berastegui, MD, Neurosurgeon
- Extended Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches for the Skull Base: The Rate of Complications – Ashwag Alqurashi, MD
- Endoscopic endonasal approaches to the clivus with no violation of the nasopharynx: surgical anatomy and clinical illustration – Laura Salgado-Lopez, MD
- Staged Repositioning in Endoscopic Endonasal Odontoidectomy Maximizes Decompression while Allowing Preservation of the C1 Anterior Arch: A Technical Note – Hanna Algattas
- Contralateral Transmaxillary Approach for Resection of Chondrosarcoma of the Petrous Apex: Case Report – Jesse D Lawrence, MD
- “Comparison of Anatomical Exposure during Petrosectomy Among Anterior Transpetrosal Versus Various Methods of Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches – An Experimental Study in Cadavers” – Thanapong Loymak, MD
- Incidence of Post-Operative CSF Leak Using a Single Layer Closure with Acellular Dermal Allograft for Anterior Skull Base Defects – Pawina Jiramongkolchai
- Avoidance of Maxillary Swing for Nasopharyngectomy via Combined Open Lateral and Endoscopic Approach – S. Hamad Sagheer
- Expanded Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Resection of Recurrent Glioblastoma – Andrew J Montoure, MD
- Endoscopic endonasal fenestration of a sellar and suprasellar arachnoid cyst mimicking a Rathke’s cleft cyst: diagnostic and surgical considerations – Anthony J Schulien, BS
- Head And Neck Tumors
- Acute Intratumoral Hemorrhage: A Rare Presentation of Melanotic Schwannoma – Giang-Kim Nguyen
- Esthesioneuroblastoma as a Cause of Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone – Wynne Q Zhang, BS
- Extramedullary Plasmacytoma Presenting as a Rapidly Growing Lateral Neck Mass: A Case Report – Cierra N Harper, BS
- Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck, A Ten-Year Institutional Review – Stephen Green, MD
- Intracranial Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Cavernous Sinus with Unknown Primary Origin: Case Report – Akhil Surapaneni, BS
- Inflammatory And Infectious Skull Base Conditions
- Chronic Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Nrusheel Kattar
- IgG4-Related Disease in the Skull Base and Calvarium: A Systematic Review and Presentation of Two Cases – Samuel J Cler, BS
- Innovative Techniques, Technology, And Approaches To The Skull Base
- Exoscopic en bloc Near-Total Temporal Bone Resection: Feasibility Study and Operative Technique – Rima Rindler, MD
- Robotic-Assisted Tubular Transoral Parapharyngeal Approach to the Ventral Cranio-Vertebral Junction – Jaafar Basma, MD
- Venous Preservation: A Novel Technique for Vein of Labbe Preservation in a Sub-temporal Approach to a Midbrain Metastasis. – Emmanuel Omosor
- Selecting the Skull Base Approach to the Antero-Lateral Midbrain and Pons: Quantitative Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Operative “Cones” to Cranial Nerve Origins – Jaafar Basma, MD
- Computed Surgical Pre-Operative Planning for Tumors in the Internal Auditory Canal – Anand E Rajesh
- Differentiation between optic nerve glioma vs meningioma using 68Ga-DOTOTATE PET/CT, two case reports – Eduardo Martinez del Campo, MD
- Reversal of Diaphragma Sella Prolapse with Reverse Trendelenburg Enhances the Resection of Large Pituitary Adenomas – Maya Harary
- Removal of a penetrating tree branch in the orbitofrontal region – a unique application of an orbitofrontal craniotomy through a supraciliary brow approach – Rupen Desai, MD
- The Volume of Surgical Freedom; the surgeon’s most applicable anatomical measurement – Lena Mary Houlihan, MD, MCH
- Endoscopic paramaxillary approach to the infratemporal fossa and pterygomaxillary space – Neeraja Konuthula, MD
- Intraoperative Imaging And Image Guidance
- Novel Intraoperative Fast Anatomic Mapping as Teaching Adjunct in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery – Jennifer E Douglas, MD
- Intraoperative Neuromonitoring
- Realtime Intraoperative cochlear nerve monitoring and Cochlear implantation during translabyrinthine vestibular schwannoma resection in cases of Neurofibromatosis type 2 – Matthew Shew
- Lateral Skull Base Surgery
- Primary Intracanalicular Facial Nerve Malignant Neoplasm: A Case Report – Samuel H Smith, MD, MPH
- Anatomical step-by-step dissection of complex skull base approaches for trainees: surgical anatomy of the middle fossa approaches including internal acoustic canal exposure and anterior petrosectomy – Laura Salgado-Lopez, MD
- Medical Management Of Skull Base Neoplasms
- CHONDROSARCOMA OF THE SELLA TURCICA: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW – Darshna M Anigol, BA
- Meningiomas
- Safety and Efficacy of Pre-operative Embolization of Meningioma in Patients with Pre-Operative Peritumoral Edema – Manasa G Rao, BS
- Safety and Efficacy of Pre-operative Embolization of Meningioma with a Balloon Catheter – Manasa G Rao, BS
- Eyebrow supraorbital keyhole craniotomy for olfactory groove meningiomas with endoscope assistance: Case series and systematic review of extent of resection, quantification of postoperative frontal lobe injury, anosmia and recurrence – Brett E Youngerman, MD
- Meta-analysis of Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Intracranial Atypical and Malignant Meningiomas – Ansley Unterberger
- Staged Surgery for resection of a giant petroclival meningioma: careful incisional planning and surgical nuances to overcome the challenge. – Kenneth De Los Reyes, MD
- Absence of contrast enhancement in a petroclival meningioma: case report and systematic literature review – Adedamola Adepoju, MD, MS
- Microvascular Decompression
- Trigeminal Neuralgia (TGN) secondary to Enlarged Suprameatal Tubercle (EST) – Baha’eddin A Muhsen, MD
- Impact factors on the postoperative evolution of paroxysmal trigeminal neuralgia with persistent continuous pain. – Mauro A Segura-Lozano, MD, PhD
- Outcomes of Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia with Purely Venous Compression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – Tamia Potter, BS
- Microvascular decompression for combined hyperactive dysfunction syndrome. A single center experience. – Aarón G Munguía-Rodríguez, PhD
- Minimal Requirements Of A Skull Base Team And/Or Program
- Transition from the Traditional Microscopic to the Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Resection Skull Base Lesions: Initial Experience, Limitations and Barriers in a Middle-Income Country – Edgar G Ordonez-Rubiano, MD
- Modern Evaluation Of Vision And Ocular Function
- Case for quantitative evaluation – Steven A Newman, MD
- Oncologic Outcomes
- Recurrent Multicompartment Chondrosarcoma Treated with Staged Multidisciplinary Resection and Adjuvant Proton Therapy: A Case Report – Tyler Scullen, MD
- Primary and Metastatic Paraganglioma of the Cranial Vault – Lena Mary Houlihan, MD
- Orbital Tumors
- Multiple Brown Tumors within the Cranium, in A Patient with Primary Hyperparathyroidism. A Case Report and Review of the Literature – Anas M Bardeesi, MD
- A unique case of solitary supraorbital/intracranial Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis presenting primarily with ocular manifestations and a Review of Literature – Gohar Majeed, DO
- Pediatric Skull Base Surgery
- Endoscopic assisted resection of nasopharyngeal choristoma with features of both congenital hairy polyp and compound odontoma arising from the skull base in a premature infant – Christopher Roberts, MD
- Pituitary Tumors
- Socioeconomic Determinants of Length of Stay Following Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: A Six-Year Review – Annie E Arrighi-Allisan, BA
- Trends in Pituitary Adenoma Incidence: Population-based Study, 1989-2019 – Lucas P Carlstrom, MD, PhD
- Endoscopic Endonasal Approach to Multilobular Giant Pituitary Adenoma with Cavernous Sinus Invasion and Petroclival Extension – Tural Rahimli, Dr
- Professor Rathke’s Legacy to Neurosurgery: The Cyst, Its Diagnosis, Surgical Management, and Outcomes – Alaa S Montaser, MD, PhD
- Patient engagement in the management of pituitary tumor; University of Ottawa experience – Fahad Alkherayf, MD, MSc
- Pituitary Metastasis: The Moffitt Cancer Center Experience – Katherine Kunigelis, MD
- Cavernous Sinus Invasion by Growth-Hormone Secreting Pituitary Adenomas – Camille K Milton, BS
- Utilization of SIPAP Classification in prediction of pituitary adenoma recurrence; The Ottawa Hospital experience – Fahad Alkherayf
- Endoscopic endonasal resection of a hypothalamic pilomyxoid astrocytoma: case report – Hussein M Abdallah
- Modern Management of Pituitary Apoplexy via an Initially Conservative Surgical Paradigm – Kevin Peng
- Optical Coherence Tomography in Pituitary Adenomas Serves as a Predictor for Visual Functionality Post-Resection – Abigail Funari, BS
- Sinonasal Neoplasms
- Granular cell tumor of the sphenoid: a unique finding in a pediatric patient with sickle cell disease and Jeavons syndrome – Delaney Sheehan, BS
- Sinonasal Sarcomatoid Carcinoma: A Case Report – Daljit Mann, MD
- Sinonasal metastases of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma: two case reports and literature review – Matias Gomez, Otorhinolaryngologist
- Sinonasal leiomyosarcoma: case report of a rare entity – Alexa M Franco, MD
- Investigation into the use of volatile organic compounds to identify sinonasal inverted papilloma – Mark B Chaskes, MD, MBA
- A case report of verrucous carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses – Clifton Woods, MD
- Sino-nasal Aneurysmal Bone Cyst Invading the Frontal Skull Base: A Case Report – Ashwag Alqurashi, MD
- First Case Report of a Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak as a Complication of Induction Chemotherapy in a Pregnant Patient with Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma – David C Mundy, BS
- Nasal Inverting Papilloma extending to Bilateral Temporal Bones with Intracranial Extension: A Case Report and Literature Review – Christine Matthews, MD
- Sinonasal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: 15 Years of Experience at a Single Institution – Charles A Keilin
- High-Grade Biphenotypic Sinonasal Sarcoma: A case report – Sukaina Hasnie, MD
- Skull Base Reconstruction
- Lumber Drain Outcomes in Endonasal Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery – Jack Birkenbeuel, BS
- Skull Base as a Team Sport: Role of the Neurosurgeon in Complex Head and Neck Cancer Surgery Requiring Vascularized Tissue Transfer Reconstruction – Varun S Shah
- Management of Complicated Skull Base Osteoradionecrosis with a Buccal Fat Flap and Free Tissue Transfer – Ricardo Aulet, MD, MBA
- Free Tissue Transfer in the Endoscopic Era: Evolving Role of the Top Tier of Skull Base Reconstruction – Satyan B Sreenath, MD
- Bilateral Inferior Turbinate Flap for Repair of Skull Base Dehiscence after Proton Beam Radiotherapy for Clival Chordoma – Kayva L Crawford, MD
- Skull Base Surgery
- Cerebral arterial vasospasm as a complication in an endoscopic transnasal approach for the resection of a WHO I Meningioma. A Case report – Andrés F Méndez, MD
- Skull base chordoma with intradural component and compression to pons. – Tural Rahimli, MD
- Longitudinal Trends in the Morbidity and Mortality of Skull Base Surgery by Anatomic Subsite – Nilan G Vaghjiani, BS
- A Low Subfrontal Dural Opening For Anterior Skull Base Lesions – Samuel J Cler, BS
- Intraoperative Differentiation of Normal Pituitary Gland from Adenoma Using Frozen Section and Touch Preparation Techniques – Nataly Raviv, MD
- Steps of the Expanded Extreme Lateral Approach: A Systematic and Consequential Anatomical Description – Irakliy Abramov, MD, PhD
- Endoscopic Transorbital Approach for Spheno – Orbital Meningiomas, first Colombian Case Reports. – Andrés F Méndez, MD
- The Blood Supply of Intracavernous Cranial Nerves: An Anatomic Study and Its Implications for Transcranial and Endoscopic Cavernous Sinus Surgery – Edinson Najera, MD
- Optic canal decompression for delayed vision loss in post traumatic optic neuropathy – Stefania B Diniz, MD
- The transfrontal sinus approach to anterior fossa skull base tumors in the era of expanded endonasal endoscopy – Kevin A Cross, MD
- Surgical Strategies for Incising the Tentorium in Skull Base Approaches – Michael G Kim
- Skull Base Chondromyxoid Fibroma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature – Christopher Weeks, MD
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Hypothalamic Hamartomas: Systematic Review – Aditya M Kondajji, BS
- Zapping Vestibular Schwannomas: The first vestibular schwannoma treated with the ZAP-X – Malika Bhargava, MD, MBA
- Microsurgical Resection of Petroclival Meningiomas Treated with Stereotactic Radiosurgery to Address Persistent Post-Treatment Trigeminal Pain – Baha’eddin A. Muhsen, MD
- Temporal Bone Tumors
- In vivo application and short-term outcomes of exoscope-assisted near-total temporal bone resection for malignancy – Rima Rindler, MD
- Primary skull base melanoma causing jugular foramen syndrome – GRene Alvarez Berastegui, MD, Neurosurgeon
- Training And Education
- Understandability and readability of online resources for skull base surgery patients – Drew Cutshaw
- Pilot study in theoretical and hands-on experience and its contribution to learning of residents and young trainees in Neurosurgery. The importance of surgical anatomy laboratories as part of training – Luciano Leonel, PhD
- Investigation of Surgical Precision and Efficiency in a Laboratory Model of Endoscopic Endonasal Dural Suturing: Is 3D Endoscopy Superior to 2D Endoscopy? – Ivanna Nebor, MD
- Upright, Bright, Instruments in Sight: A Multimodal Training Module for Assisting in Endoscopic Endonasal Procedures for Junior Surgical Residents – Rima Rindler, MD
- Micro-CT 3D Printed Temporal Bone Dissection: A Feasibility Study – Nathaniel Webb
- Training The Future Skull Base Surgeon
- Anatomical step-by-step dissection of complex skull base approaches for trainees: surgical anatomy of the endoscopic endonasal approach to the orbit – Laura Salgado-Lopez, MD
- Anatomical Step-by-step Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Maxillary Nerve(V2) Rhizotomy and case series – Michael O’Brien, MD
- Transorbital Skull Base Surgery
- First Case Report of Primary Central Nervous System Amyloidoma Involving Cranial Nerves V and VII – Esther Yesde Son, PhD
- A Multiplanar Perspective of Endoscopic Approaches to the Infratemporal Fossa: A Cadaveric Study – Roberto M. M Soriano, MD
- Vascular Malformations/Tumors
- Multidisciplinary Approach to Recalcitrant Dural AV Fistula – Joshua C Page, MD
- Treatment of a pontine cavernoma with laser interstitial thermal therapy: case report – Jesse D Lawrence, MD
- Cerebellopontine angle Glioblastoma: Unlikely presentation and limited treatment options – Danielle D Dang, MD
- Vestibular Schwannomas
- A Case-Case Analysis of Intralabyrinthine versus Intracanalicular Vestibular Schwannomas – Kelli L Hicks, MD
- Contralateral Hearing Loss After Vestibular Schwannoma Resection – S Hasnie, MD
- Cochlear Ossification after Vestibular Schwannoma Resection via the Middle Cranial Fossa Approach – Scott B Shapiro, MD
- Surgical Exposure of the Proximal Internal Auditory Canal: An Anatomosurgical Comparison of Retrosigmoid and Middle Fossa Transpetrosal Corridors – Michael G Kim
- Pontocerebellar Angle Pathology: Analysis of the casuistry of a neurosurgical center in Chile – Pablo Peña, MD
- Porus Acusticus Obstruction from a Densely Adherent Loop of AICA During Retrosigmoid Resection of a Vestibular Schwannoma – Jacob Kahane
- Vision deterioration and hydrocephalus: rare presentations of vestibular schwannoma and evolution of management – Marte van Keulen, MD
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