Virtual Symposium Program

Topics to include:

• 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
  • Unilateral Versus Bilateral SPA Ligation: Risk Factors and Outcomes Following Treatment for 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