Endoscopic Procedures and Translational Aspects at the Skull Base
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (16 June 2023) | Viewed by 3226
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The skull base is an important anatomical area of the human body, where the paths of distinguished surgical specialties, such as neurosurgery and ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat), cross. Here, the nasal and oral cavity as well as the cranial cavity with all their neurovascular structures, let alone the craniocervical junction, border on each other, building one of the anatomically most complex regions of the human body. Aside from the morphological challenges of the central nervous system encased in the skull and the vertebral column, the neurovascular pathways entering or entering the region distinguish this region and may be demanding when confronted with a pathology requiring surgical treatment.
As space in these osseous compartments is limited, minimally invasive approaches are necessary to address relevant pathologies. In this, endoscopic approaches play a major role for minimizing the surgical interference. Especially in designing new endoscopical pathways to locations at the skull base, exact topographical knowledge on involved anatomical structures and of their respective three-dimensional spatial relationships are essential.
As such, I am pleased to present this special issue on Endoscopic Procedures and Translational Aspects at the Skull Base. In this issue, not only new aspects of surgical approaches and treatment options on pathologies of the skull base will be presented. Especially manuscripts with a basic science approach on different facets of anatomy of the skull base as well as including imaging modalities are also in the thematic scope of this issue.
Dr. Lena Hirtler
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- skull base
- endoscopic approaches
- clinical anatomy
- cranial fossa
- nasal cavity
- orbita
