Historical Perspective on Evolution in Management of Lateral Skull Base Tumors

McRackan, Theodore R.; Brackmann, Derald E.

doi:10.1016/j.otc.2015.02.002

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“…1–3 Initial attempts at surgical removal of VS resulted in mortality rates ranging from 68–86% during the onset of the 20 th century. 4 With improvements and refinements in radiology, surgical techniques and perioperative care the current mortality rate has dramatically decreased to approximately 0.5% to 0.8%. 5,6 The management of VS has also seen a shift from microsurgical excision towards more equal use of observation, stereotactic radiation, and microsurgery.…”

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Does Hospital Volume Affect Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery?

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Bauschard²,

Nguyen³

et al. 2018

Otology &Amp; Neurotology

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Does Hospital Volume Affect Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery?

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Nguyen³

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“…The history of lateral skull base tumor management is best understood by means of the history of acoustic neuroma (AN) surgery [2] . In 1891, Charles McBurney was the first to attempt a resection of an AN, but failed.…”

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Development of Skull Base Neurosurgery: From the past to the Future

Liu

2016

Translational Neuroscience and Clinics

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The origin of neurosurgery dates back to the end of the 19th century. Many prominent and pioneering neurosurgeons contributed substantially to the development of skull base neurosurgery. In the naked eye era, Harvey Cushing promoted the delicate and meticulous surgical techniques, and significantly decreased the surgical mortality. In the 1960s, the operative microscope was introduced to the neurosurgery. Neurosurgeons represented by Yasargil took full advantage of this technology and pushed skull base neurosurgery into a new era. Transnasal transsphenoidal approach has long been used to resect pituitary tumor. The use of endoscope expands the transnasal exposure from the crista galli to C-2. The endoscopic approach may represent a paradigm shift, perhaps equivalent to the introduction of the microscope, in approaching various skull base lesions.

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“…Their management has evolved over time, with an increased move towards conservative and observational managements in slow-growing or stable lesions. 1…”

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“…Their management has evolved over time, with an increased move towards conservative and observational managements in slow-growing or stable lesions. 1 Vestibular schwannomas are benign tumours of the vestibular nerve that originate from Schwann cells, usually of the inferior vestibular nerve. 2 They are the most common tumour of the cerebellopontine angle 3 and account for up to 10 per cent of intracranial tumours.…”

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The role of a virtual telephone clinic in the follow-up management of lateral skull base tumours

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ObjectiveThe purpose of this article was to determine the impact of employing a telephone clinic for follow-up of patients with stable lateral skull-base tumours.MethodAn analysis of 1515 patients in the national lateral skull-base service was performed, and 148 patients enrolled in the telephone clinic to date were identified. The length of time that patients waited for results of their follow-up scans and the travel distance saved by patients not having to attend the hospital for their results was determined.ResultsThe mean time from scan to receiving results was 30.5 ± 32 days, 14 days sooner than in the face-to-face group (p = 0.0016). The average round-trip distance travelled by patients to the hospital for results of their scans was 256 ± 131 km.ConclusionThe telephone clinic led to a significant reduction in time until patients received their scan results and helped reduce travel distance and clinic numbers in traditional face-to-face clinics.

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Historical Perspective on Evolution in Management of Lateral Skull Base Tumors

Cited by 18 publications

References 49 publications

Does Hospital Volume Affect Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery?

Does Hospital Volume Affect Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery?

Development of Skull Base Neurosurgery: From the past to the Future

The role of a virtual telephone clinic in the follow-up management of lateral skull base tumours

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