Overview

Practical Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery describes the current trends in endoscopic skull base surgery and the important aspects of this developing field. The editors and a team of expert contributors describe current practice as well as those new procedures that will be the future of treatment of these lesions by a team approach of Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology.

• Wholly practical guide to current surgical technique
• Describes and demonstrates emerging techniques
• Expert contributors

"The authors and editors of this text admirably review their individual experiences with anterior endoscopic skull base approaches." -- Philip E. Stieg, PhD, MD

"A superb compendium on the current status of this emerging specialty. This volume is beautifully illustrated with excellent artwork and extraordinarily clear endoscopic photographs and imaging studies." --Jatin P. Shah, MD FACS, HonFRCS(Edin), HonFRACS, HonFDSRCS(London)

Audience

Primary Subject: Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery / General
Secondary Subject: Rhinology / Craniofacial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Audience Level: Professional

• Foreword.
  Michael G. Stweart, MD, MPH, Philip E. Stieg, Ph.D., M.D. and Jatin P. Shah, MD FACS
• Chapter 1.
  The History of Endoscopic Surgery of the Sinuses, Pituitary and Anterior Skull Base
  Ilya Laufer M.D., Vijay K. Anand, M.D., Philip E. Stieg, Ph.D., M.D. and Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D.
• Chapter 2.
  Practical Anatomy of the Sinuses and Anterior Skull Base
  Vijay K. Anand, M.D. and Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D.
• Chapter 3.
  Imaging of the Skull Base
  Nafi Aygun, M.D. and James S. Zinreich, M.D.
• Chapter 4.
  Endoscopic Skull Base Instrumentation
  Paolo Cappabianca M.D., Oreste de Divitiis M.D., Felice Esposito, M.D., Luigi M. Cavallo, M.D., and Enrico de Divitiis, M.D.
• Chapter 5.
  Image-guidance in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
  Abtin Tabaee, M.D., Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D., and Vijay K. Anand, M.D.
• Chapter 6.
  Surgical Approaches to the Anterior Skull Base
  Vijay K. Anand, M.D. and Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D.
• Chapter 7.
  The Endoscopic, Endonasal, Transsphenoidal Approach to the Sella
  Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D. and Vijay K. Anand, M.D.
• Chapter 8.
  The Endoscopic, Transsphenoidal, Transplanum, Transtuberculum Approach to the Suprasellar Cistern
  Vijay K. Anand, M.D. and Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D.
• Chapter 9.
  The Endoscopic, Transethmoidal, Transorbital Approach to the Orbital Apex
  Seth M. Brown, MD, MBA, Vijay K. Anand, M.D. and Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D.
• Chapter 10.
  The Endoscopic, Transethmoidal, Transcribiform Approach to the Anterior Cranial Fossa
  Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D. and Vijay K. Anand, M.D.
• Chapter 11.
  Transnasal Endoscopic Surgical Approaches to the Posterior Fossa
  A. Stamm, M.D.
• Chapter 12.
  The Endoscopic, Endonasal Transpterygoidal Approach
  Paul Gardner, M.D, Carl H. Snyderman M.D., Ricardo L. Carrau, M.D., Arlan Mintz, M.D., and Amin Kassam, M.D.
• Chapter 13.
  Endonasal Approaches to the Cavernous Sinus
  Paolo Cappabianca, M.D., Luigi M. Cavallo, M.D., Felice Esposito, M.D., and Enrico de Divitiis, M.D.
• Chapter 14.
  Reconstruction after Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
  Abtin Tabaee, M.D., Dmitrius Plakantonakis, M.D., Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D., and Vijay K. Anand, M.D.
• Chapter 15.
  Complications of Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery
  Ricardo L. Carrau, M.D., Carl H. Snyderman M.D., and Amin Kassam, M.D.
• Chapter 16.
  Post-Operative Management of Patients undergoing Endonasal, Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery
  Jeffrey Greenfield, M.D., Ph.D., Vijay K. Anand, M.D., and Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D.

About The Authors

Vijay Anand, MD

Vijay K. Anand, MD graduated from the University of Madras, India and completed his residency at the Jewish Memorial Hospital, the Misericordia-Lincoln Hospital, New York Medical College, and Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, New York. He is currently Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, and Director of Postgraduate education in Rhinology in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, as well as serving as an attending surgeon at The New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Center, New York; The Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, St. Vincents Hospital & Medical Center, New York, and Lenox Hill Hospital, New York. A former President of the American Rhinologic Society, he is an active participant and member of leading ORL-H&NS societies and has published widely in Rhinology and Sinus surgery.

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Theodore Schwartz, MD

Theodore H. Schwartz, MD received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. After completing his residency and chief residency in Neurosurgery at The Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Dr. Schwartz completed advanced fellowship training at Yale-New Haven Medical Center in the surgical treatment of brain tumors and epilepsy. Dr. Schwartz specializes in image-guided minimally invasive surgical techniques such as stereotaxis, endoscopy and intraoperative MRI, and has received numerous awards and fellowships including the prestigious van Wagenen Fellowship, awarded by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the von Humboldt Fellowship, awarded by the German Government. Dr. Schwartz is an Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and the Director of Brain Tumor, Epilepsy and Minimally Invasive Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery. He is also the director of a research laboratory investigating novel techniques for imaging and treating epilepsy, which is funded by several private organizations as well as the National Institutes of Health.

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