20 years ago Professor Dolenc edited the first comprehensive and up-to-date text dealing with the cavernous sinus and addressing anyone concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of lesions of the skull base. Now, he has edited a new volume with articles by specialists in this topic presenting the state of the art in this technology.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Anatomy of the cavernous sinus. - The middle cranial base and cavernous sinus. - The transition between the cavernous sinus and orbit. - Venous anatomy of the lateral sellar compartment. - Central skull base anatomy as seen through the endoscope. - Surgical approaches to the central skull base. - Evolution from the classical pterional to the contemporary approach to the central skull base. - Extended endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach to supra-parasellar tumors. - Neuromonitoring in central skull base surgery. - Neuromonitoring in central skull base surgery. - Surgical treatment of vascular lesions in the central skull base. - Surgical treatment of large/giant carotid-ophthalmic and other intradural internal carotid artery aneurysms. - Surgical treatment of basilar apex aneurysms surgical approaches and techniques. - Aneurysms of the intracavernous ICA: Current treatment. - Surgical treatment of tumorous lesions in the central skull base. - Cavernous sinus meningiomas. - Surgery of cavernous sinus meningiomas: advantages and disadvantages. - Trigeminal neurinomas: surgical considerations. - Bypasses for cavernous sinus tumors: history, techniques, and current status. - Giant pituitary tumors: surgical treatment of 265 cases. - Radiosurgery in treatment of central skull base tumors. - The role of Gamma Knife surgery in the management of non-meningeal tumors of the cavernous sinus.
