ReviewJournal of neuro-oncology2016
Endoscopic transnasal skull base surgery: pushing the boundaries.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- Transorbital endoscopic approaches to the skull base: a systematic literature review and anatomical description.Neurosurgical review · 2021Pooled it
- Simultaneous combined endonasal and transcranial surgery for large skull base tumors invading multiple regions: combination variations, pros and cons, and surgical results.Neurosurgical review · 2026Article
- Endoscopic endonasal transclival approach for the resection of a ventral pontine cavernous malformation: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025Article
- Endoscopic endonasal intradural pituitary transposition for resecting retroinfundibular lesions: technique notes and a single institute experience.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- NextLens-The Next Generation of Surgical Navigation: Proof of Concept of an Augmented Reality System for Surgical Navigation.Journal of neurological surgery. Part B, Skull base · 2024Article
- Endoscopic trans-eustachian tube approach: identifying the precise landmarks, a novel radiological and anatomical evaluation.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2024Article
- Formalin-free soft embalming of human cadavers using N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone: perspectives for cadaver surgical training and medical device development.Anatomical science international · 2022Review
- Development of 3-dimensional printed simulation surgical training models for endoscopic endonasal and transorbital surgery.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Endoscopy-assisted resection of a sphenoid-wing meningioma using a 3D-printed patient-specific pointer in a dog: A case report.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Skull base reconstruction: A question of flow? A critical analysis of 521 endoscopic endonasal surgeries.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Usefulness of N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone Embalming for Endoscopic Transnasal Skull Base Approach in Cadaver Dissection.Neurologia medico-chirurgica · 2019Article
- Near-Infrared Optical Contrast of Skull Base Tumors During Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery.Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) · 2019Article
- Evolution of transmaxillary approach to tumors in pterygopalatine fossa and infratemporal fossa: anatomic simulation and clinical practice.Chinese medical journal · 2019Article
- 3D printing and intraoperative neuronavigation tailoring for skull base reconstruction after extended endoscopic endonasal surgery: proof of concept.Journal of neurosurgery · 2019Article
- Morbidity in the postoperative follow-up of endoscopic anterior skull base surgery.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyArticle
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) has significantly evolved since its initial uses in pituitary and sinonasal surgery. The literature is filled with reports and case series demonstrating efficacy and advantages for the entire ventral skull base. With competence in 'minimally invasive' parasellar approaches, larger and more complex approaches were developed to utilize the endonasal corridor to create maximally invasive endoscopic skull base procedures. The challenges of these more complex endoscopic procedures include a long learning curve and navigating in a narrow corridor; reconstruction of defects presented new challenges and early experience revealed a significantly higher risk of cerebrospinal fluid leak. Despite these challenges, there are many benefits to the EEA including avoidance of brain and neurovascular retraction, improved visualization, a direct corridor onto many tumors and the two-surgeon approach. Most importantly, the EEA provides a midline corridor to directly access tumors, which displace critical neurovascular structures laterally, giving it an inherent advantage of minimizing any manipulation of these structures and thus decreasing their potential injury.
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