Midline Skull Base Surgery

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Part I Pituitary adenomas.- 1 Introduction to pituitary adenomas.- 2 Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach (standard and extended technique).- 3 Endoscopic endonasal ethmoid-pterygoid transsphenoidal approach to the cavernous sinus.- 4 Frontotemporal approach.- 5 Radiotherapy and radiosurgery.- Part II Craniopharyngiomas.- 6 Introduction to craniopharyngiomas.- 7 Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach.- 8 Frontotemporal approach.- 9 Supraorbital approach.- 10 Transcallosal approach.- 11 Radiotherapy and radiosurgery for craniopharyngiomas.- Part III Cystic sellar lesions.- 12 Introduction to cystic sellar lesions.- 13 Arachnoid cysts.- 14 Rathke cleft cyst.- Part IV Anterior cranial fossa meningiomas.- 15 Introduction to anterior cranial fossa meningiomas.- 16 Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach.- 17 Frontotemporal approach.- 18 Subfrontal approach.- 19 Supraorbital approach.- 20 Radiotherapy and radiosurgery.- Part V Clival chordomas.- 21 Introduction to clival chordomas.- 22 Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal approach.- 23 Retrosigmoid approach.- 24 Skull base approaches.- 25 Radiotherapy, radiosurgery and proton beam.- Part VI Cranial base reconstruction after transcranial and transnasal skull base surgery.- 26 Indications for cranial base reconstruction.- 27 Neuroradiology in cranial base reconstruction.- 28 Anatomy of cranial base reconstruction.- 29 Techniques for cranial base reconstruction.