“…Patients included those undergoing open or endoscopic skull base surgeries for a variety of anterior, middle, and posterior cranial fossa pathologies, with or without reconstruction. MetS was defined as meeting all of the following three preoperative criteria: hypertension requiring medication, diabetes, and body mass index (BMI) > 30 kg/m 2 3,4 . Complications were categorized as surgical or medical complications according to previous NSQIP studies 7 .…”